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Lorquin Entomological Society Meeting: Forensic EntomologyDoors open at 7:00 p.m., meeting begins at 8:00
Speaker: David Faulkner, Forensic Entomology
Natural History Museum, Times-Mirror Room
900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles
Friday March 27
This meeting will be one that I am especially waiting for. David Faulkener, a forensic entomologist, will be speaking about topics regarding the field of forensic entomology.
If any of you want to come i am sure you are more than welcomed.
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rosenkrieger
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whats the date?
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| rosenkrieger wrote: | | whats the date? |
I thought I copied it. Woops
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rosenkrieger
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Ah, ok. That sounds interesting. I might have to check it out.
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crash714
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If I don't have baseball practice I'll be there.
Eric
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Celeste
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O.K. -- I'll bite: what the heck is "Forensic Entomology"? Is that figuring out what killed a bug, or studying bugs in dead people?
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rosenkrieger
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The latter. Though, I suppose it could include both. ::lol::
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AGTrauger
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Wasn't that Gil Grissom's specialty on CSI? ::lol:: That sounds like an interesting presentation!
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| AGTrauger wrote: | Wasn't that Gil Grissom's specialty on CSI? : : That sounds like an interesting presentation! |
Yes, Gil Grissom was a Forensic entomologist.
Forensic Entomology is the use if insects in legal cases.
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crash714
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Forensic Entomology....neat stuff. I dappled in it since I have a investigations background.
A common thing they do to determine time of death is to look for "maggots" on a dead body. They figure out how long a insect takes to get to that "stage" and can kind of guess a time of death.
Also they can figure out if a body has been dumped sometimes if the "insects" on the body are not common to the region the body was found. Like a body with aquatic "insects" in it turning up in the desert.
Insect species in a body can help determine the time of year of death, temperature, location of death, etc,etc.
Does not sound like much info they obtain but, to a good investigator every little bit helps.
Eric
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a1_collection
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Ok so this event is going to be TOMMOROW. Everyone mark your calenders.
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