Diversity of forensically important insects were documented from two experiments using a monkey
(long-tailed macaque, Macacafascicularis Raffles) and a pig (Susscrofa L.) carcasses. The experiments
were conducted in shrub area of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Kota Kinabalu and in rural area of
Menggatal district, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah respectively. Records were made daily on insects visiting the
carcasses, the environmental temperatures and relative humidity.Blowflies, Chysomyamegacephala
(Fabricius), Chrysomyarufifacies (Macquart) and Sarcophagabrevicornis(Ho) were the earliest species
to be recorded in both studies. Other species of flies recorded from both
carcasesincludeLuciliacuprina(Wiedemann),Hydroteaspinigera(Stein), Muscadomestica(Linnaeus)
and Fannia spp. Additional species observed on pig carcasswere Hypopygiopsisviolacea(Macquart),
Stomorhina sp.(Rondani) and beetles,Diamesusosculans(Vigors) (Coleptera: Silphidae). Information
from this study provides important base data on the local carrion fauna which help to improve the post
mortem interval determination in local forensic cases.