Medicocriminal Entomology

When unidentified remains are relinquished to our careThat are so decayed and liquefied as to make diagnosisquite a choreWhen the putrescent canvas of death is teeming withbristling life With tiny anthropoid stowaways nestled in every pore...My autopsy technicians mistake the corpse shudder fora cadaveric spasmBut upon closer inspection they witness the nauseatingwave of insect activityThe feasting and chatter drowns the neon hum from themorgue lamps and fansAnd the ambient temperature rises 5 degrees as theirchitinous bodies skitter in putridity...The corpse is alive...reanimated through entomologicalmeansThe John Doe swells...as parasitic activity literallybursts through his seamsSeeping rivers of eggs...hatching larvae are hurriedlywashed down the drainCall the Forensic Entomologist...everyone knows he's gotbugs on the brain......Carcass hive......Cadaverine nest...The Forensic Entomologist is a specialist in thisfieldOf which there are three separate and distinctcomponentsThe Urban field deals with insect&human environmentmattersStored-Products handles infestation of commodities andproducts...But the one that we require is the MedicolegalEntomology fieldWith its eccentric bug experts and their forensicPh.D.'sThey've classified and catalogued their necrophilouswinged friendsAnd can determine PMI by the stadiums and stages ofinsect activity......Blowflies...spiders...beetles...mites and lice......Maggots...larvae...pupa...hatch and fly......Crawling...squirming...breeding...burrowing......Medicocriminal entomology...The Forensic Entomologist will analyze the cadavericcolonizationTaking samples and noting the current state of theBlowfly populationAfter determining the extent of the recent ColeopterainfestationHe will estimate the time of death so that we maycontinue with the examination......When tissue liquefies and attracts the clavicorn ......The flies are drawn and oviposit their eggs......From this predictable process, tiny maggots are born......Named Instar Larvae, which then grow to Prepupae...The maggot molts through three instar stages, plumpingas they gnawColonies hatch together and migrate across the corpseas a collective groupAs a result of this infestation, they disseminatebacteria and secrete enzymesWhich enable nearly all of the soft tissue to bedissolved and consumed...Depending on the habitat and the abundance of theregionThe expert can determine if the Diptera is currentlyin seasonWhether the Bottle fly prefers bright sunlight orshadeAnd if the Coleopteran is nocturnal or active duringthe day...Oviposited eggs encrust the natural orifices and moistrecessesMaggots swim in wound sites consuming rotting necroticfleshThe examiner's gloved hand is thrust wrist-deep inthis bug colonySearching through the thriving mush for additionalsquirming evidence......Parasitic swarm......Maggot colony......Blowflies...spiders...beetles...mites and lice......Maggots...larvae...pupa...hatch and fly......Crawling...squirming...breeding...burrowing......Medicocriminal entomology...