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Motter noticed that the bodies he was moving had many different species and all in different stages. Larvae Pupae Adults Not till 60 years late a guy named H.B. Reed came along and started a study with dog carcasses 45 carcasses over a year set one out every two weeks in the warm weather then not as often when it got cold Things around the body was greatest during the summer Woods were buggier Decomp was faster in open areas because maybe higher temp 50 degrees flys stop flying No pupal casing are found when buried in the cooler months Jerry Pane started a similar study with pigs around the same time

Warm weather first came blowflies Dark damp places to lay their eggs in Hatch into thousands of maggots Yellow jackets and wasps came Snagged flies came too Carrion beetles to feed on carrion and the maggots To try and track the flies he would capture them and put orange paint on them The next day he caught three out of five came back to the body