Examining a corpse, you find many second instars and a few third instars on the body and moving away from it You find no pupae in the ground within 10 m of the corpse. The average ambient temperature over the past month was 70°F (21.1°C)

What is yout estimate of the PMI?

A) 24and 48hours

B) 50 and 72hours

C) 72 and 92

D) 100and 125

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Angie Glover

Chemistry

7 September, 14:00

Examining a corpse, you find many second instars and a few third instars on the body and moving away from it You find no pupae in the ground within 10 m of the corpse. The average ambient temperature over the past month was 70°F (21.1°C)

What is yout estimate of the PMI?

A) 24and 48hours

B) 50 and 72hours

C) 72 and 92

D) 100and 125

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Jayda Randall · Answer 1

Since most of flies are in the second and third instar phases, but no pupae were found, the PMI would be between 50 and 72 hours (about 2 to 3 days). So your answer would be B) 50 and 72 hours.

Snowflake · Answer 2

I don't know maybe 50 and 72 hours?