Diapause in insects is herein defined as a state of arrested growth and development which, unlike quiescence, persists until the animal undergoes a certain, well-defined sequence of physiological events that enables development to be resumed. In the green blowfly, Lucilia caesar L., a facultative diapause occurs in the 3rd-instar larva after cessation of feeding but before puparium formation. T...

Forensically important blow flies, Diptera: Calliphoridae, are among the first organisms to colonize carrion. After eggs hatch, larvae of most fly species feed in an aggregation or “mass”. While this mass may experience periods hypoxia/anoxia, but tolerance anoxic conditions is poorly studied. We tested anoxia four calliphorids (Calliphora vicina, Cochliomyia macellaria, Lucilia sericata, and P...

Maggot debridement therapy (MDT), which lost its importance after discovering antibiotics, has recently come to the fore with increase of antibiotic resistance. MDT, widely used in human medicine, had limited use veterinary medicine. The material this case report was a 5-month-old Doberman dog that bandaged due fracture left hind toe. It got information bandage leg area wet and remained on woun...

Understanding how ecological conditions influence physiological responses is fundamental to forensic entomology. When determining the minimum postmortem interval with blow fly evidence in forensic investigations, using a reliable and accurate model of development is integral. Many published studies vary in results, source populations, and experimental designs. Accordingly, disentangling genetic...