Abstract: Objective To study the succession of sarcosaphagous insects and their regular activity on carcass in Shijiazhuang area. Methods Nine rabbits were sacrificed and placed at the same site during June to September in 2007-2009. The common species of sarcosaphagous insects were observed. Results Nine main species could be identified belonging to 3 families and 4 genera from Diptera, including Musca domestica（Linnaeus）, Muscina stabulans（Fallén）, Hydrotaea（Ophyra） capensis（Wiedemann）, Hydrotaea（Ophyra） spinigera（Stein）, Lucilia sericata（Meigen）, Chrysomya megacephala（Fabricius）, Boerttcherisca Peregrina（Robineau-Desvoidy）, Parasarcophaga crassipalpi（Macquart） and Helicophagella melanura（Meigen）. Eleven main species belonging to 4 families from Coleoptera include Nicrophorus concolor（Kraatz）, Silpha carinata（Herbst）, Nicrophorus fossor（Eneshas）, Ptomascopus morio（Kraatz）, Eusilpha bicolor（Fairmaire）, Scarabaeus rugosus（Hausmann）, Harpalus rufipes（DeGeer）, Dolichus halensis（Schaller）, Goncephalum pusillum（Fabricius）, Cafius seminitens（Horn） and Aleochara pacifica（Casey）. Two main species from 2 families were Tetramorium caespitum（Linnaeus） and Vespa velutina（Lepeletier）. Conclusion It is evident that the succession of sarcosaphagous flies in Shijiazhuang with its unique geographical features. It may be used for estimating postmortem interval in Shijiazhuang area.

Key words: forensic medicine, entomology, cadaver, rabbits, Hebei