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Forensic Entomology media type="custom" key="3021134" media type="youtube" key="dntO3YANo18" height="344" width="425" [|The Official Forensic Entomology Website] [|Forensic Entomology Cases]

**Objectives:** -The importance of determining time since death. -To determine the elapsed time since death.

On this page you will learn about Forensic Entomology. Entomology is the study of insects. Forensic Entomology is the study of insects associated with a dead body. Depending on the time and season, insects will colonize on a dead body immediately following death. In early postmortem, forensic pathologist will use medical parameters such as rigor, algor, and livor mortis to estimate the elapsed time of death.  Insects also have other importance in human death. They can determine whether the body has been moved after death, whether it had been disturbed, presence or position of wound sites, whether the victim used drugs or was poisoned, and the length of time of neglect or abuse in living victims.  Forensic Entomology Kit