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Lab 5 Forensic Entomology Decomposition - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Conducted at University of KwaZulu-Natal Ukulinga Research and Training farm in Pieternaritzburg
      - Warm to hot summer and mild winters which often accompanied by irregular frost
      - Average monthly temperature ranges between 13.2 degree Celsius with an annual mean temperature of 17 degree Celsius
    - - 2 pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) with average live weight of 80kg
      - After sacrifice, three knife stabs were made around the neck region to mimic a wound of an illegally killed animal carcasses
    - - Each carcasses was placed in a metal cage (100 cm x 100 cm) in an open space of the farm paddocks
      - The cage was covered with mesh wire to protect the carcass from scavengers but at the same time allow the movement of arthropods
      - The day the animal were killed was recorded as day 0 and marked the initiation of each trial which lasted for 59 days
      - The observations pf the physical changes, odour, the surroundings, intensity and the presence of arthropods during each stage of decomposition was recorded
      - Temperature was recorded everyday at 9 am using MAC - AFRIC Infrared thermometer
      - Adult arthropods were collected using fly traps that were hanged on the cages or hand-picking for a period of two hours each day (9 -11 am)
      - It was preserved using 70% ethanol
      - Eggs and larvae were not collected to avoid interfere the rate of decomposition