Parasitoids and Forensic Flies

Parasitoids are known to grow on blow flies of forensic importance on carcass environment and may bear impact to the blow flies and also play a role in estimation of the postmortem interval (PMI). Thus, the study of parasitoids, their growth, lifecycle, emergence, number, host species ranges, etc. finds importance together with the climate conditions, temperature, humidity, annual and seasonal climatic variations, food source, etc. together with host-parasitoid interaction in the carcass environment. In this chapter we have tried to present an account of the different aspects of parasitoid and their development on necrophagous blow flies and impact of climate and other parameters on them from diverse studies reported across the globe.