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Forensic entomology as an advanced tool in crime investigation

open access: yes1, 2023
The use of research on insects and other arthropods in court proceedings is known as forensic entomology. When forensic insects are discovered on a human body or at the crime scenes, their biodiversity, biology, ecology, and behavior can reveal details ...
Talha Arshad, Muhammad Naeem
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Forensic entomology

open access: yesForensic Sciences Research, 2018
For many members of the forensic community, insects still have an exotic status. This may be one reason why forensic entomology, the analysis of insect evidence for forensic and legal purposes, has not yet achieved the significance it deserves in ...
Jens Amendt
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It is all about the insects: a retrospective on 20 years of forensic entomology highlights the importance of insects in legal investigations

open access: yesZeitschrift für Rechtsmedizin, 2021
This study highlights the importance of insect evidence by evaluating 949 insect-associated cases, including 139 entomological reports, from 2001 to 2019 at the Institute of Legal Medicine Frankfurt/Germany.
L. Lutz   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Role of Community Science in Entomology.

open access: yesAnnual Review of Entomology, 2021
Community (or citizen) science, the involvement of volunteers in scientific endeavors, has a long history. Over the past few centuries, the contributions of volunteers to our understanding of patterns and processes in entomology has been inspiring.
M. Gardiner, H. Roy
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Deep learning and computer vision will transform entomology

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020
Most animal species on Earth are insects, and recent reports suggest that their abundance is in drastic decline. Although these reports come from a wide range of insect taxa and regions, the evidence to assess the extent of the phenomenon is sparse ...
T. Høye   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Pitfalls in the Path of Probabilistic Inference in Forensic Entomology: A Review

open access: yesInsects, 2021
Simple Summary Experimental studies in forensic entomology must follow a series of rules to generate accurate predictions about criminal cases. These rules are reviewed and some approaches that have been used to solve experimental problems in forensic ...
Gaétan Moreau
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Forensic Entomology Case Report—A Global Perspective

open access: yesInsects, 2021
Simple Summary Forensic entomologists are most often tasked with determining when arthropods colonized living or deceased vertebrates. In most cases, this estimation involves humans; however, pets, livestock, and other domesticated animals can also be ...
Zanthé Kotzé   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Unbiased Approaches for Reviewing Entomology Literature: A Systematized Review

open access: yesAnnals of the Entomological Society of America, 2021
Evidence synthesis and knowledge translation are scientific methodological approaches used across different disciplines for combining results from individual studies, interpreting them based on the body of evidence and with the objective of supporting ...
Ana R. S. Oliveira   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Double Infections of the Invasive Ladybird Harmonia axyridis

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The dramatic spread of invasive alien species over the past century is considered to be an important threat to ecosystems worldwide. The harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, from eastern Asia, is considered to be one of the most invasive species ...
Michiel D. de Groot   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigations on Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): larval infestation on the tomato cultivated in open field and evaluation of five essential oils against larvae in laboratory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The tomato miner Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a Neotropical species, which cause serious damages to tomato in spread areas. It appeared in 2008 in Italy, where it seriously threatened tomato production both in greenhouse and open ...
Alfonso Agrò   +2 more
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