Domestic Filth Flies in New Haven, Connecticut: A Case Study on the Effects of Urbanization and Climate Change by Comparing Fly Populations after 78 Years.

Julie Pinto, Paola A Magni, R Christopher O'Brien, Ian R Dadour

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Article in Insects, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Diptera in the Forensic Investigation of Human Deaths in Great Britain and the Dominant Role ofInsects · 2026
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4 authors.

Julie PintoDiscipline of Medical, Molecular & Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.

Paola A MagniDiscipline of Medical, Molecular & Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.

R Christopher O'BrienCriminal Justice and Forensic Sciences Department, Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.

Ian R DadourSource Certain International Pty Ltd., P.O. Box 1570, Wangara DC, WA 6947, Australia.

Funding

Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Changes in common and widespread insect populations such as the domestic filth fly in urban cities are useful and relevant bioindicators for overall changes in the insect biomass. The current study surveyed necrophagous flies by placing a weekly trap from June-September over a two-year period in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, to compare data on fly abundance and diversity with data collected 78 years earlier. Climate and land cover changes were also assessed in combination with the fly population for each period. The survey results suggest the domestic filth fly population is now less diverse with decreased species richness and changes in the relative abundance of species. In both surveys, 95-96% of the population was composed of only three species. The current survey data indicate the numerical dominance of

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abundanceCalliphoridaeDipteralandscape ecologyurbanization

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PMID34821773

DOI10.3390/insects12110972

PMCPMC8623608

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