Page 20 - Natures Witness Forensic Entomology Lecture

Fly life cycle

The second half of the

adult third instar begins

when the maggots
stop eating and begin
egg
to move away from

their food source.

The maggots will move

1st instar 3rd instar to a patch of soil
where they can burrow

and begin the next life
2nd instar stage.

Overall, the maggots

spend about 100 hours
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in their third instar.