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Linda is a forensic entomologist. At a crime scene, she notes that there are several Piophilidae, or cheese skippers, on the body. Which stage of

decomposition has the body reached?

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Answer:

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Answer: Protein fermentation

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Forensic entomologists are the people who help in case study or criminal investigation, forensic science by studying the stage of decomposition of the dead body.

There are various insects that reaches the body at different stages. Some of the insects reaches the body when it is fresh and some of the insects reaches the body when the protein fermentation takes place at later stages.

The cheese skippers or Piophilidae are the insects that reaches the body when protein fermentation starts or is going on.

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