14 Days into Decomp...

4 June 2007: The maggot masses are moving off of the bear. the abodomen and mouth/nose remain highly active. Nearby 'waves' of maggots are not nearly as huge as earlier observations.

4 June 2007: Our insectary. About 100 feet from the carcass, we rear immatures collected from the bear to help facilitate identification of material collected from the bear. The location of the maggots on the bear is recorded (e.g., collected from mouth, collected wandering from carcass, etc.). Live maggots are given raw beef.