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Two
flesh-flies
(
Sarcophaga ruficornis
species pictured) mating. The
life cycle
of the
saprophagic
flesh-fly
larvae
has been well researched and is very predictable. Different species prefer bodies in different states of
decomposition
, which allows
forensic entomologists
to extrapolate the time of death.
Photo:
Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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