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Day 1
Entomology: There were a bunch of flies no maggots
Meteorologist: Temp: 78 Fahrenheit, Windy and Cloudy 16mph, 75% Humidity
Skeletal: No skeletal remains yet, it is just filled with maggots eating at the flesh
Decomposition: Nothing looks decomposed -
Day 3
Entomology: Maggots have flooded the skunk, each being around .5cm. Long
Meteorologist: 75 degrees Fahrenheit, with rain just an hour or 2 ago
Skeletal: We can see the skull along with the leg bones
Decomposition: Flesh is starting to go away, and the specimen is starting to look skinny -
Day 7
Entomology: There are no maggots, most likely have eggs inside the specimen waiting to be hatched
Meteorologist: 82 degrees Fahrenheit
Skeletal: A lot of the bones looked crushed in, but it looks like the legs are fine.
Decomposition: The only feature that is able to be
identifiable is now really the tail. -
Day 9
Meteorologist: 62 degrees F, Raining all day and the night before. 1 inch of rain -
Day 11
Meteorologist: 55 degrees F, Cloudy, 70% Humidity, Winds 13mph
Decomposition: There doesn’t seem to be anything left to decompose, because it looks the exact same as it did on ⅚
Skeletal: Bones starting to show as fur/skin decays, bones of the hand and what seems to be the body or legs can be visibly seen.
Entomology: No bugs were visable besides flies. The maggots were gone -
Day 14
Meteorologist: 83 F, Hot & Partly Cloudy
Skeletal - Remains of the hands can be seen, the phalanges are visible as well as their feet bones are visible, but the body is still covered by fur.
Decomposition: The bones are completely visible,
No bugs were visible.
