In August 2008 a dead man was found near Amsterdam . His head was covered with second and third instar maggots. A selection of sampled specimens was reared to adults and consisted of three different species in roughly the same numbers: L. silvarum, L illustris and L. ampullacea. This is an unusual combination as L.illustris is a typical open area species while L. ampullacea is a typical forest species. Despite the fact that L. silvarum is very common in the Netherlands. It was roughly estimated to be 5 days, based on the developmental data for Lucilia sericata which require, in larval stage, approximately 5 days at around 20 °C to reach the length of the largest maggot found in the sample