Brazoria County Sheriff's Office

Identification Division

Forensic Entomology 1.01

Some development data on different species of blowflies (Calliphoridae) and fleshflies (Sarcophagidae)

Life histories of 11 species of blowflies and fleshflies reared at 27 degrees Celsius, and 50 percent relative humidity.

			First	Second	Third			Total
	No. of Eggs		Instar	Instar	Instar	Prepupa	Pupa	Immature
	Gen.	(Hrs)	(Hrs)	(Hrs)	(Hrs)	(Hrs)	(Days)	(Days)
Sarcophaga cooley	29	---	24	18	48	96	9	16
Sarcophaga shermani	28	---	22	16	48	104	8	14
Sarcophaga bullata	18	---	26	18	54	112	12	17
Phormia regina	23	16	18	11	36	84	6	11
Protophormia terranovae	27	15	17	11	34	80	6	11
Lucilia sericata	29	18	20	12	40	90	7	12
Eucalliphora lilaea	27	22	22	14	36	92	6	13
Cynomyopsis cadaverina	17	19	20	16	72	96	9	18
Calliphora vomitoria	5	26	24	48	60	360	14	23
Calliphora vicina	5	24	24	20	48	128	11	18
Calliphora terranovae	4	25	28	22	44	144	12	20

(After Kamal, 1958)

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