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Entomotoxicology

The analysis of insect tissue for drugs and toxins when decomposition has made conventional biological fluids unavailable. Blow-fly larvae feeding on a drug-positive body can accumulate parent compounds and metabolites, extending the window for toxicological inference.

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Accumulated degree hours (ADH)Minimum PMI (PMImin)Accumulated degree hours/days (ADH/ADD)Bioaccumulation in insectsCarrion successionColonisation intervalColonisation waveDevelopment rate alterationEmpty pupariumForensic entomologyLarval crop contentsMaggot-mass thermogenesis

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