Editing Forensic entomology (section)

===Submerged corpses===
M. Lee Goff, a noted and well respected [[forensic entomologist]], was assigned to a case involving the discovery of a decomposing body found on a boat half a mile from shore. Upon collection of the maggot mass, only one insect, ''[[Chrysomya megacephala]]'', was discovered. He concluded that the water barrier accounted for the scarcity of other flies. He also noted that flies will not attempt to trek across large bodies of water unless there is a substantially influential attractant.

In addition, the amount of time a maggot mass has been exposed to salt water can affect its development. From the cases Goff observed he found that if subjected for more than 30 minutes, there was a 24‑hour developmental delay. Not many more studies have been conducted and thus a specific amount of delay time is difficult to estimate.<ref name="Goff, M. L 2000">{{cite book | vauthors = Goff ML | title = A Fly for the Prosecution. | location = Cambridge, Massachusetts | publisher = Harvard University Press | date = 2000 }}</ref>

The main focus of a study accomplished by Payne and King<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Payne JA, King EW |date=1972 |title=Insect succession pattern on decomposing pig carcasses in water |journal=Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society |volume=7 |pages=153–162}}</ref> using fetal pigs, was the insect succession regarding carcass decomposition in an aquatic setting. Their results concluded that in the early floating stages of the cadaver, eggs were laid by blowflies. Moreover, by the bloating stage, most of the exposed flesh was absent and maggots migrated from the body. Many of the latter were present below the water line and fed on the carcass; with only their [[Spiracle (arthropods)]] protruding the surface.