Arthropods represent one of the most important invertebrates to
arrive and colonize carrion. Objective: The present investigation
aimed to determine the arthropods fauna of forensic importance that
colonizes carrion in an aerated environment during Spring season in
Assiut, Egypt. Methods: Experimental models rates were killed and
divided into Seven groups three rats in each group. Group 1;Control,
Group 2 ; Drowning, Group 3;Electro cusion, Group 4 ;Stab of the
heart, Group5; Heart-abdomen stab, Group 6;Cold and Group 7; Burn.
Rats were used to determine succession in an aerated area during the
spring of 2018 in Assiut governorate,Egypt. Results: The present
results indicated that the arthropods of forensic importance,
represented by the thirteen taxa belong to phylum Arthropoda and 10
families, Family: Calliphoridae represented by Chrysomya albiceps
(5%), Family: Muscidae represented by Musca domestica (33%),
Family: Sarcophagidae represented by Sarcophaga sp.(23%),
Wohlfahrtia magnifica (22 %)and Parasarcophaga orgyrostama( 2%),
Family: Dermestidae represented by Dermestes maculates(1 %) and
Dermestes frischi(1 %), Family: Histeridae represented by Saprinus sp.
(4 %), Family: Pteromalidae represented by Nasonia sp. (2 %), Family:
Lycosidae represented by spider ( 3%), Family: Pyroglyphidae
represented by Dermatophagoides sp. (1 %), Family: Cimicidae
represented by Cimex lectularis (2 %) and Family: Porcellionidae
represented by Porcellionides pruinosus (1 %). Conclusion: The
present investigation submitted a basis for further studies dealing with
arthropods colonization of carrions.