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A case that shaped Canadian judicial history and brought forensic entomology into the headlines was the exoneration of Steven Truscott forty-eight years after being indicted for murder. [12] Forensic entomology also played a role in the investigation of the 1993 raid on David Koresh and the Branch Davidians . [ 5 ]
Entomological evidence is legal evidence in the form of insects or related artifacts and is a field of study in forensic entomology. Such evidence is used particularly in medicolegal and medicocriminal applications due to the consistency of insects and arthropods in detecting decomposition quickly. [ 1 ]
Entomological evidence collection is the process of collecting evidence based on insect clues used in criminal investigations.If evidence is not carefully preserved at a crime scene after a death, it may be difficult or impossible for an entomologist to make an accurate identification of specimens, if for example, all morphological characteristics are not preserved.
The first case she worked on was the Murder of Shafilea Ahmed. [ 7 ] Her research looks at the development and behaviour of blowflies [ 8 ] and beetles under different environmental conditions, she is based at the Natural History Museum in London where she is a Scientific Associate, at the body farm in Tennessee [ 9 ] and at the University of ...
David Allan Young Jr. (May 26, 1915, in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania – June 8, 1991, in Louisville, Kentucky) was an American entomologist who specialized in the taxonomy of the Cicadellidae and authored a comprehensive treatment of the family with numerous genera and species described and named by him.
Melittology (from Greek μέλιττα, melitta, "bee"; and -λογία-logia) is a branch of entomology concerning the scientific study of bees. It can also be called apiology or apicology. Melittology covers the species found in the clade Anthophila within the superfamily Apoidea , comprising more than 20,000 species, [ 1 ] including ...