Forensic Insects Riker Mount

Crime-scene science in the classroom.

Insects can tell us a lot, if we just know how to listen. Forensic entomologists use the natural cycle of insect reproduction to determine time of death.  This display features the insects, and many of their life stages, that those scientists look to first when doing their job. Fully labeled specimens include the stages for blowfly development (egg, larva, pupa, adult) and carrion beetle development (egg, larva, adult) along with three other commonly-used forensic insects.