Table 1

Details of the entomological material collected from the individual, unidentified cadavers at different stages of decay revealed in the Upper Silesia Region (Poland) over 2016–2022.

Cadaver detailsCase details
NoOrderFamilySpecies*Developmental stageLocation on the bodyDate of discoverySex (F or M)/age (years)Decomposition stageDiscovery place
1ColeopteraCleridaeN/ALarvaInside undamaged toothOct, 2016F/28Advanced decompositionForest, under the tree
2ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside costal cartilageOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
3ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
4ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisImagoInside costal cartilageJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
5ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
6ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside costal cartilageJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
7ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside of the rib boneJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
8ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside costal cartilageJul, 2022M/59SkeletonizedShelter in the forest
9ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia sp.PupariumInside costal cartilageJul, 2022M/59SkeletonizedShelter in the forest
10ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisImagoInside costal cartilage—pupal chamberNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
11ColeopteraDermestidaeN/ALarvaCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
12DipteraCalliphoridaeCalliphora vomitoriaLarva LIIISurface between the perichondrium and the fasciaFeb, 2022M/29Advanced decompositionForest
13DipteraCalliphoridaeCalliphora vomitoriaLarva LIIISurface between the perichondrium and the fasciaDec, 2020M/41Advanced decompositionBushes near the river bed
14DipteraCalliphoridaeChrysomya albicepsAbdomen of male imagoCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
15DipteraCalliphoridaeLucilia caesar*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
16DipteraCalliphoridaeLucilia sericata*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
17DipteraCalliphoridaePhormia regina*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
18DipteraCalliphoridaeProtophormia terraenovae*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
19DipteraCalliphoridaeProtophormia terraenovaePupariumTooth’s surfaceSep, 2022M/48Advanced decompositionBushes
20DipteraFanniidaeFannia canicularis*ImagoInside costal cartilageJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
21DipteraMuscidaeHydrotaea capensisLarva LIIICostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
22DipteraMuscidaeHydrotaea capensisPupariumInside costal cartilageOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
23DipteraMuscidaeHydrotaea capensisPupariumCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
24DipteraPiophilidaeN/ALarvaInside undamaged toothOct, 2016F/28Advanced decompositionForest, under the tree
25DipteraPiophilidaeN/ALarvaFemur, inside foramen nutrientsMarch, 2018M/30SkeletonizedBushes
26DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIICostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
27DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarvaCostal cartilage surfaceAug, 2021M/60Sdvanced decompositionForest
28DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarvaInside costal cartilageAug, 2021M/60Advanced decompositionForest
29DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIICostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
30DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIIInside costal cartilageOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
31DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIIAdhered to the tooth cavityOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
32DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIIInside the tooth crownOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
33DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsRemnant of LII larvaAdhered to the tooth cavityOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
34HymenopteraBraconidaeAspilota sp.Pupa in cocoonInside costal cartilageNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
35HymenopteraBraconidaeAspilota sp.Pupa in cocoonCostal cartilage surfaceNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
36LepidopteraPyralidae (Phycitinae)N/ALarvainside costal cartilage—pupal chamberNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
37LepidopteraPyralidae (Phycitinae)N/AMature larvaInside costal cartilage—pupal chamberNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
Cadaver detailsCase details
NoOrderFamilySpecies*Developmental stageLocation on the bodyDate of discoverySex (F or M)/age (years)Decomposition stageDiscovery place
1ColeopteraCleridaeN/ALarvaInside undamaged toothOct, 2016F/28Advanced decompositionForest, under the tree
2ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside costal cartilageOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
3ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
4ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisImagoInside costal cartilageJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
5ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
6ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside costal cartilageJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
7ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside of the rib boneJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
8ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside costal cartilageJul, 2022M/59SkeletonizedShelter in the forest
9ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia sp.PupariumInside costal cartilageJul, 2022M/59SkeletonizedShelter in the forest
10ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisImagoInside costal cartilage—pupal chamberNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
11ColeopteraDermestidaeN/ALarvaCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
12DipteraCalliphoridaeCalliphora vomitoriaLarva LIIISurface between the perichondrium and the fasciaFeb, 2022M/29Advanced decompositionForest
13DipteraCalliphoridaeCalliphora vomitoriaLarva LIIISurface between the perichondrium and the fasciaDec, 2020M/41Advanced decompositionBushes near the river bed
14DipteraCalliphoridaeChrysomya albicepsAbdomen of male imagoCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
15DipteraCalliphoridaeLucilia caesar*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
16DipteraCalliphoridaeLucilia sericata*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
17DipteraCalliphoridaePhormia regina*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
18DipteraCalliphoridaeProtophormia terraenovae*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
19DipteraCalliphoridaeProtophormia terraenovaePupariumTooth’s surfaceSep, 2022M/48Advanced decompositionBushes
20DipteraFanniidaeFannia canicularis*ImagoInside costal cartilageJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
21DipteraMuscidaeHydrotaea capensisLarva LIIICostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
22DipteraMuscidaeHydrotaea capensisPupariumInside costal cartilageOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
23DipteraMuscidaeHydrotaea capensisPupariumCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
24DipteraPiophilidaeN/ALarvaInside undamaged toothOct, 2016F/28Advanced decompositionForest, under the tree
25DipteraPiophilidaeN/ALarvaFemur, inside foramen nutrientsMarch, 2018M/30SkeletonizedBushes
26DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIICostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
27DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarvaCostal cartilage surfaceAug, 2021M/60Sdvanced decompositionForest
28DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarvaInside costal cartilageAug, 2021M/60Advanced decompositionForest
29DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIICostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
30DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIIInside costal cartilageOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
31DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIIAdhered to the tooth cavityOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
32DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIIInside the tooth crownOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
33DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsRemnant of LII larvaAdhered to the tooth cavityOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
34HymenopteraBraconidaeAspilota sp.Pupa in cocoonInside costal cartilageNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
35HymenopteraBraconidaeAspilota sp.Pupa in cocoonCostal cartilage surfaceNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
36LepidopteraPyralidae (Phycitinae)N/ALarvainside costal cartilage—pupal chamberNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
37LepidopteraPyralidae (Phycitinae)N/AMature larvaInside costal cartilage—pupal chamberNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement

*Identified using DNA barcoding. LII: the second instar larva; LIII: the third instar larva; N/A: not applicable; UD: undetermined. F: female; M: male.

Table 1

Details of the entomological material collected from the individual, unidentified cadavers at different stages of decay revealed in the Upper Silesia Region (Poland) over 2016–2022.

Cadaver detailsCase details
NoOrderFamilySpecies*Developmental stageLocation on the bodyDate of discoverySex (F or M)/age (years)Decomposition stageDiscovery place
1ColeopteraCleridaeN/ALarvaInside undamaged toothOct, 2016F/28Advanced decompositionForest, under the tree
2ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside costal cartilageOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
3ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
4ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisImagoInside costal cartilageJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
5ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
6ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside costal cartilageJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
7ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside of the rib boneJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
8ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside costal cartilageJul, 2022M/59SkeletonizedShelter in the forest
9ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia sp.PupariumInside costal cartilageJul, 2022M/59SkeletonizedShelter in the forest
10ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisImagoInside costal cartilage—pupal chamberNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
11ColeopteraDermestidaeN/ALarvaCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
12DipteraCalliphoridaeCalliphora vomitoriaLarva LIIISurface between the perichondrium and the fasciaFeb, 2022M/29Advanced decompositionForest
13DipteraCalliphoridaeCalliphora vomitoriaLarva LIIISurface between the perichondrium and the fasciaDec, 2020M/41Advanced decompositionBushes near the river bed
14DipteraCalliphoridaeChrysomya albicepsAbdomen of male imagoCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
15DipteraCalliphoridaeLucilia caesar*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
16DipteraCalliphoridaeLucilia sericata*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
17DipteraCalliphoridaePhormia regina*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
18DipteraCalliphoridaeProtophormia terraenovae*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
19DipteraCalliphoridaeProtophormia terraenovaePupariumTooth’s surfaceSep, 2022M/48Advanced decompositionBushes
20DipteraFanniidaeFannia canicularis*ImagoInside costal cartilageJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
21DipteraMuscidaeHydrotaea capensisLarva LIIICostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
22DipteraMuscidaeHydrotaea capensisPupariumInside costal cartilageOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
23DipteraMuscidaeHydrotaea capensisPupariumCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
24DipteraPiophilidaeN/ALarvaInside undamaged toothOct, 2016F/28Advanced decompositionForest, under the tree
25DipteraPiophilidaeN/ALarvaFemur, inside foramen nutrientsMarch, 2018M/30SkeletonizedBushes
26DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIICostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
27DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarvaCostal cartilage surfaceAug, 2021M/60Sdvanced decompositionForest
28DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarvaInside costal cartilageAug, 2021M/60Advanced decompositionForest
29DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIICostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
30DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIIInside costal cartilageOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
31DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIIAdhered to the tooth cavityOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
32DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIIInside the tooth crownOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
33DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsRemnant of LII larvaAdhered to the tooth cavityOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
34HymenopteraBraconidaeAspilota sp.Pupa in cocoonInside costal cartilageNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
35HymenopteraBraconidaeAspilota sp.Pupa in cocoonCostal cartilage surfaceNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
36LepidopteraPyralidae (Phycitinae)N/ALarvainside costal cartilage—pupal chamberNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
37LepidopteraPyralidae (Phycitinae)N/AMature larvaInside costal cartilage—pupal chamberNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
Cadaver detailsCase details
NoOrderFamilySpecies*Developmental stageLocation on the bodyDate of discoverySex (F or M)/age (years)Decomposition stageDiscovery place
1ColeopteraCleridaeN/ALarvaInside undamaged toothOct, 2016F/28Advanced decompositionForest, under the tree
2ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside costal cartilageOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
3ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
4ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisImagoInside costal cartilageJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
5ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
6ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside costal cartilageJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
7ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside of the rib boneJan, 2021M/UDSkeletonizedApartment
8ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisLarvaInside costal cartilageJul, 2022M/59SkeletonizedShelter in the forest
9ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia sp.PupariumInside costal cartilageJul, 2022M/59SkeletonizedShelter in the forest
10ColeopteraCleridaeNecrobia ruficollisImagoInside costal cartilage—pupal chamberNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
11ColeopteraDermestidaeN/ALarvaCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
12DipteraCalliphoridaeCalliphora vomitoriaLarva LIIISurface between the perichondrium and the fasciaFeb, 2022M/29Advanced decompositionForest
13DipteraCalliphoridaeCalliphora vomitoriaLarva LIIISurface between the perichondrium and the fasciaDec, 2020M/41Advanced decompositionBushes near the river bed
14DipteraCalliphoridaeChrysomya albicepsAbdomen of male imagoCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
15DipteraCalliphoridaeLucilia caesar*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
16DipteraCalliphoridaeLucilia sericata*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
17DipteraCalliphoridaePhormia regina*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
18DipteraCalliphoridaeProtophormia terraenovae*LarvaCostal cartilage surfaceJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
19DipteraCalliphoridaeProtophormia terraenovaePupariumTooth’s surfaceSep, 2022M/48Advanced decompositionBushes
20DipteraFanniidaeFannia canicularis*ImagoInside costal cartilageJun, 2021M/38Advanced decompositionVacant building in the city center in wastelands proximity
21DipteraMuscidaeHydrotaea capensisLarva LIIICostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
22DipteraMuscidaeHydrotaea capensisPupariumInside costal cartilageOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
23DipteraMuscidaeHydrotaea capensisPupariumCostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2020F/90Advanced decompositionApartment
24DipteraPiophilidaeN/ALarvaInside undamaged toothOct, 2016F/28Advanced decompositionForest, under the tree
25DipteraPiophilidaeN/ALarvaFemur, inside foramen nutrientsMarch, 2018M/30SkeletonizedBushes
26DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIICostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2019M/40Advanced decompositionVacant building
27DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarvaCostal cartilage surfaceAug, 2021M/60Sdvanced decompositionForest
28DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarvaInside costal cartilageAug, 2021M/60Advanced decompositionForest
29DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIICostal cartilage surfaceOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
30DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIIInside costal cartilageOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
31DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIIAdhered to the tooth cavityOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
32DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsLarva LIIIInside the tooth crownOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
33DipteraPiophilidaeStearibia nigricepsRemnant of LII larvaAdhered to the tooth cavityOct, 2021M/30Advanced decompositionForest
34HymenopteraBraconidaeAspilota sp.Pupa in cocoonInside costal cartilageNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
35HymenopteraBraconidaeAspilota sp.Pupa in cocoonCostal cartilage surfaceNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
36LepidopteraPyralidae (Phycitinae)N/ALarvainside costal cartilage—pupal chamberNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement
37LepidopteraPyralidae (Phycitinae)N/AMature larvaInside costal cartilage—pupal chamberNov, 2022M/70SkeletonizedBasement

*Identified using DNA barcoding. LII: the second instar larva; LIII: the third instar larva; N/A: not applicable; UD: undetermined. F: female; M: male.

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