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Table 2 Number of aggregation at five different locations in carcasses

From: Effect of carcass model on maggot distribution and thermal generation of two forensically important blowfly species, Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) and Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart)

Carcass

Blowfly species

Mouth

Genitalia

Under carcass

Abdomen

Away from carcass

Other

Rat

Ch. megacephala

1 (29.9)

8 (28–31.1)

2 (31)

7 (27.9–33.4)

4 (29.1–31.7)

1 (28.4)

Ch. rufifacies

3 (26.4–27.4)

2 (29.6–30.5)

2 (26.1–30.6)

0

11 (26.7–33.2)

0

Rabbit

Ch. megacephala

4 (30.5–31.1)

1 (31.9)

0

2 (34.5–34.5)

0

0

Ch. rufifacies

9 (35.7–40.6)

18 (32.7–41.7)

34 (29.1–37.6)

11 (31–39.7)

13 (29.7–38.4)

0

Macaque

Ch. megacephala

8 (29–39)

2 (30.5–32.6)

0

0

2 (33.3–37.2)

2 (35.2–35.2)

Ch. rufifacies

12 (32.4–40.4)

17 (32.6–41.6)

42 (26–44.1)

28 (29.1–41.9)

11 (32.3–40.8)

3 (40.1–40.1)

Total

 

37

48

80

48

41

6

  1. Values in parenthesis are temperature range in °C