Publications by authors named "Dina Mulroy"

Flies in the family Calliphoridae are purported to demonstrate a strong attraction to and preferential colonization of wounds when present on human corpses or carrion. This well-circulated concept in Forensic Entomology is based on surprisingly few empirical studies that have examined the oviposition behavior of necrophagous Diptera toward wounds of vertebrate animals. In the present study, the oviposition behavior of Calliphora vicina toward piglets inflicted with postmortem sharp force trauma was examined during a 10-h test period under controlled laboratory conditions and in an outdoor urban environment.

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