A fascinating BBC report on the forensic use of insect larvae, which were first used in a court case in the UK in 1935 (the Ruxton Maggots). Another fascinating fact: Tennessee is the only place in the world in which scientists are allowed to study insect growth on rotting human cadavers.
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