Cheese (or Ham) Skipper, Piophila casei (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Diptera: Piophilidae)
"The cheese skipper, Piophila casei (Linnaeus), sometimes called the ham skipper, is a member of the "skipper fly" family (Piophilidae). These flies receive their name due to the unusual ability of the larvae to propel themselves through the air. The flies are detritivores, feeding on decaying matter, and even have been found on the exhumed remains of Egyptian mummies"
Oh look, they use these to figure out how long people have been dead! 💀
Piophila casei (Linnaeus) have been implicated as useful in the forensic investigation of postmortem remains and the determination of "time since death" (Triplehorn and Johnson 2005)
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