Definition
- Insect Stain
- A bloodstain resulting from insect activity.
Bloodstain Example - Insect Stain
Courtesy of Detective C. Orme, York Regional Police
Description
Fly activity at the crime scene may result in bloodstains which look a lot like impact spatter. This may be caused by flies tracking or regurgitating blood.
Alternate Terminology
| Bevel & Gardner | May be confused with Spatter Family - Non-linear - Impact Spatter |
| James, Kish & Sutton | Altered - Insects |
| Wonder | Not a pattern. |
| Old IABPA | Fly Spots |