The first time insect data were used in a murder trial, in 1935, blowfly larvae were front and center. Human remains, complete with maggots, had been discovered in a ravine in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

Blow flies Journal of Insect Science “It was a blow fly in Indiana that we hadn’t seen before, and so we have been paying attention,” she said.

Researchers have sequenced the genome of the black blow fly, an insect commonly found throughout the United States, southern Canada and parts of northern Europe. Black blow flies are active ...

Environment Animals Insects Blow flies helped exonerate a woman of murder 17 years after the fact. Or rather, a lack thereof. By Gail Anderson/The Conversation. Published Dec 13, 2018 6:00 PM EST.

To see how reburial would affect the insects' progress, Watson and three colleagues put fly larvae and pupae from two species of blowfly into PVC pipes covered with 2, 10 and 20 inches (5, 25 and ...

Blowfly Animation Blowfly animation, courtesy Simon Walker, University of Oxford. Video: Inside Look at Insect Flight Annoying as they are, blowflies are marvels of aeronautical engineering.

The Australian blowfly has long irritated visitors to the Outback and even spawned the design for the hideous cork-fringed hat. But scientists have figured out a way to curb the pest population.

In the insect world, impostors could be hiding anywhere. When lifting a stone during an expedition in the Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco, researchers came across an unusual sight: three blowfly ...

As the following experiments indicate, control may be achieved by the direct action of a 'D.D.T.' dip on the blowfly while the insect is searching the fleece for a site suitable for egg-laying.

Dr. Mody said the next challenge was to identify target genes that can be silenced by the dsRNA to slow insect growth and potentially kill the blowfly. "Three of the 12 genes screened gave ...