Answer to Question #172757 in Biology for David DiBaggio

Question

Forensic Entomology - Legal investigations

Provide a detailed description of how you would dispose of a body in a current circumstance, with the use of insects and would there be any need to take any additional precautions? 

Answer 1

Forensic entomology is the study of insects associated with crimes. Forensic entomology mainly involves the identification of insects inhabiting human remains as an aid to determining the time and place of death. Additional precautions comprise the collection of insects from and around the human remnants with the consideration of the area-specific species.