Simple clearing technique as species determination tool in blowfly larvae
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Senta Niederegger1, Nelly Wartenberg, Roland Spiess
1Department of Forensic Entomology, Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Jena, Germany. senta.niederegger@med.uni-jena.de
Abstract:
A simple clearing technique is presented by which species specific structures and organs of blowfly larvae can easily be visualized and displayed without any danger of mechanical damages or dislocations of delicate formations and without fixation of the object.
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