were recorded accordingly, but in cases in which suspected
scavenger nematodes were detected on or in the
cadaver, weevel larvae were placed in a disposable
petri dish (50 3 9 mm) on a moistened filter paper with
a greater wax moth larva (Galleria mellonella (L.)).
Since wax moth larvae are highly susceptible to nematode
parasitism (Kaya and Stock, 1997), they served
as indicators to verify nematode infection