FIVS 205 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: First Aid Kit, Anaphylaxis, Arthropod

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Forensic & Inv Science
• Course: FIVS 205
• Professor: Brundage Adrienne

Document Summary

Definitions: forensic: pertaining to, connected with or used in courts of law, entomology: the branch of zoology dealing with insects, forensic entomology: interaction between arthropod science and judicial system. 3 major areas: bugs that are in urban ento. Are very different from bugs in stored product or medicocriminal: urban entomology. Includes every bug that comes into human contact. Maggots like to go in things they can dig into to. If a maggot cant find a good place they will keep crawling until they find some place. This is common in restaurants: rural entomology. Has to do with insects in crop/ rural land: myiasis. Infestation of living organisms with fly larva: mortuary neglect. Rules set for morticians on how they will deal with a body. Pests in the human environment: roaches. Can ruin houses and feed on wood: fleas. Top 3 issues in tx: bedbugs. Becoming more of an issue: nuisance flies. Cockroaches: the number 1 insect we see in tx.