This is the first report of arthropods associated with carrion in Venezuela, using laboratory bred rats (Rattus norvegicus). Rat carcasses were exposed to colonization by arthropods in neighboring montane savanna and cloud forest habitats in the state of Miranda. The taxonomic composition of the arthropods varied between both ecosystems. Scarabaeidae, Silphidae, Micropezidae, Phoridae, Vespidae...

The significance of brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr (Diprotodontia: Phalangeridae) carcasses to the succession and production of Diptera species and its relevance to fly strike management in Tasmania, Australia was examined. Calliphora stygia (Fabricius), Lucilia sericata (Meigen) and Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae) were found to be the most abundant an...

The survival of parasitic plant Rafflesia depends on the host plant, habitat condition, vegetational types, , pollination and dispersal seeds. This study aims to investigate visits by insects variation in floral temperatures gradutensis during flowering. flower was observed be visited green fly Lucilia sericata weaver ant Oecophylla sp. number L. 617 times 337 sp, which most occur mid-day. aver...