Simple clearing technique as species determination tool in blowfly larvae

Senta Niederegger; Nelly Wartenberg; Roland Spiess; Gita Mall

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.01.012

Simple clearing technique as species determination tool in blowfly larvae

Forensic Sci Int. 2011 Mar 20;206(1-3):e96-8. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.01.012.

Authors

Senta Niederegger¹, Nelly Wartenberg, Roland Spiess, Gita Mall

Affiliation

¹ Department of Forensic Entomology, Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Jena, Germany. senta.niederegger@med.uni-jena.de

PMID: 21306846
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.01.012

Abstract

A simple clearing technique is presented by which species specific structures and organs of blowfly larvae can easily be visualized and displayed without any danger of mechanical damages or dislocations of delicate formations and without fixation of the object.

MeSH terms

Animals
Diptera / anatomy & histology*
Entomology
Fixatives
Forensic Anthropology
Forensic Pathology
Larva
Microscopy
Salicylates
Species Specificity

Substances

Fixatives
Salicylates
methyl salicylate