[shezza]

Doesn't matter what temp. was during experiment. It is the accumulated thermal energy that makes the insect develop from one stage to another.

[FresnoDA]

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[shezza]

When Dusek says it enters third instar on Feb 23 can be confusing. In forensic entomology you work backwards from a known time. Feb 23 was the time a fly could have laid an egg at which time the third instar could have been reached when Faulkner collected it on Feb 27.