Bugs.

Hello!
Today I'm going to tell you about bugs!

—Bugs can tell scientists when a victim died by what creatures have inhabited the body. First the blowflies come in, then beetles, then wasps, then ants and roaches, and finally the moths. 

Bugs inhabit the corpse for food, and a place to lay their eggs. Eggs are first laid by female blowflies. Then the eggs turn into maggots. Then after about 3 weeks, they cocoon themselves, and turn into adult blowflies.

Scientists rely on these bugs to tell when a victim died, for example, if there was a natural disaster, like a hurricane, and police find a body, the bugs that are in it tell if the person was a victim  of the hurricane, or something else before hand.

Hope you learned somthing today!

Over & Out!

Elise

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