The ones that interest him most, because they are capable of detecting death from as far as 10 miles away and are therefore often the first to find a dead body, are those of the family Calliphoridae, better known as blowflies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lords of the flies: the insect detectives] Reference

He, Emma, and I kept moving dirt, sweating, and shooing Calliphoridae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Break No Bones]