Table 1. Average environmental factors by collected species.
| Species/group |
N In |
N Out |
Avg. Ambient Temperature (+/-st.dev.) |
Avg. Ambient Relative Humidity (+/-st.dev.) |
Avg. TOC (days) (+/-st.dev.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diptera: Sarcophagidae | 85 | 8 | 25.8°C (5.1) | 50.8% (14.8) | 9.7d (12.1) |
| - Blaesoxipha plinthopyga1 | 37 | 01 | 25.7°C (4.4) | 49.6% (13.7) | 9.8d (9.5) |
| Diptera: Phoridae | 60 | 2 | 24.1°C (4.5) | 53.0% (16.5) | 8.8d (7.6) |
| - Megaselia scalaris | 59 | 2 | 24.1°C (4.5) | 53.0% (16.5) | 8.8d (7.6) |
| - Dorniphora cornuta2 | 1 | 0 | 16.6°C (unk) | 56% (unk) | 12d (unk) |
| Diptera: Calliphoridae | 64 | 56 | 26.9°C (7.2) | 53.5% (19.1) | 11.3d (18.2) |
| - Phormia regina | 12 | 8 | 22.4°C (7.2) | 47.4% (18.0) | 8.3d (10.8) |
| - Cochliomyia macellaria | 17 | 20 | 29.2°C (6.7) | 54.3% (16.5) | 4.9d (6.5) |
| - Chrysomya rufifacies | 34 | 36 | 27.7°C (7.8) | 52.4% (21.7) | 14.5d (21.2) |
| - Chrysomya megacephala | 21 | 19 | 28.0°C (6.6) | 55.6% (19.6) | 3.6d (3.4) |
| - Lucilia eximia | 3 | 17 | 29.2°C (6.6) | 56.3% (21.8) | 2.2d (2.8) |
| - Lucilia cuprina | 8 | 1 | 27.4°C (7.5) | 45.1% (10.9) | 4.7d (1.9) |
| - Lucilia sericata | 1 | 0 | unk | unk | 2.0 (unk) |
| - Calliphora vomitoria | 0 | 2 | 21.2°C (10.3) | 44.5% (4.9) | 9.5d (3.5) |
| - Calliphora livida | 0 | 1 | 15.2°C (8.8) | 47% (12.7) | 0 (unk) |
| - Calliphora coloradensis | 0 | 1 | 6.1°C (unk) | 75% (unk) | 30d (unk) |
| - Calliphora vicina | 1 | 0 | 25°C (unk) | 36% (unk) | 8d (unk) |
| Diptera: Muscidae | 20 | 14 | 24.9°C (8.7) | 52.2% (22.8) | 19.6d (21.4) |
| - Synthesiomyia nudiseta | 9 | 1 | 22.7°C (6.8) | 50.6% (21.4) | 17.4d (22.9) |
| - Musca domestica | 4 | 1 | 26.4°C (8.2) | 33.8% (20.3) | 8.8d (8.2) |
| - Hydrotea sp. | 7 | 10 | 26.7°C (11.2) | 57.7% (25.4) | 21.1d (22.8) |
| - Fannia scalaris | 0 | 1 | 30.6°C (unk) | 64% (unk) | 11d (unk) |
| Diptera: Piophilidae | |||||
| - Piophila casei | 2 | 4 | 26.2°C (9.3) | 53.0% (21.1) | 21.1d (37.6) |
| Diptera: Stratiomyidae | |||||
| - Hermetia illucens | 2 | 6 | 23.3°C (10.0) | 57.6% (20.6) | 53.0d (33.3) |
| Coleoptera: Dermestidae | 8 | 11 | 25.5°C (5.5) | 57.5% (16.4) | 29.9d (25.6) |
| Coleoptera: Nitidulidae | |||||
| - Omosita sp. | 0 | 5 | 25.6°C (4.7) | 67.0% (30.4) | 36.8d (21.5) |
| Coleoptera: Histeridae3 | 1 | 3 | 32.0°C (6.5) | 54.4% (25.6) | 5.2d (4.3) |
| Coleoptera: Silphidae3 | 0 | 2 | 16.8°C (4.1) | 63.0% (21.2) | 5.0d (2.8) |
| Coleoptera: Cleridae3 | 3 | 0 | 27.5°C (unk) | 83% (unk) | 10d (unk) |
| Hymenoptera: Apidae | |||||
| - Apis mellifera3 | 0 | 1 | 29.8°C (unk) | 39% (unk) | n/a |
| Hymenoptera: Formicidae | |||||
| - Solenopsis invicta3 | 1 | 2 | 34.7°C (2.3) | 42.7% (13.3) | 2d (unk) |
| Hymenoptera: Chalcididae | |||||
| - Brachymeria fonscolombei | 1 | 0 | 31.1°C (unk) | 60% (unk) | 16d (unk) |
| Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae | |||||
| - Nasonia vitripennis | 0 | 1 | 34.9°C (unk) | 32% (unk) | 43d (unk) |
| Acari: Astigmatidae | 0 | 3 | |||
| - Myianoetus muscuarum4 | 0 | 2 | 19.2°C (2.0) | 51.3% (30.5) | 22.3d (2.1) |
| Heteroptera: Cimicidae | |||||
| - Cimex lectularis3 | 1 | 0 | 33.5°C (unk) | 54% (unk) | 18d (unk) |
| Isopoda3 | 0 | 3 | 28.5°C (17.6) | 47.5%(37.5) | 40.3d (51.1) |
Number of cases coming from indoor and outdoor scene investigations with the average observed ambient scene temperature (°C) relative humidity (%) and the average maximum estimated time of colonization (TOC) for selected species collected in Harris County from January 2013 through April 2016 (N = 203).
1Confirmation of this species is based on the appearance of male genitalia from reared adult males and this could be an underestimate of actual abundance for this species because reared males may not always be obtained.
2Identification of this specimen is based on a single larva and is tentatively identified to the species level.
3These species may be regularly observed at scenes but not regularly collected and reported upon because they are not typically related to time of colonization estimation.
4This species was recently associated with Synthesiomyia nudiseta.