As of 2010, this technique had been shown to work effectively on a wide range of forensically important metal surfaces including iron, steel and aluminium.
Due to their close contact with human activities, they are considered as forensically important insect.
The coffin and contents were examined forensically over the following week.
Of these, 1,588 (58%) were forensically identified from recovered physical remains.
Hairy rove beetles are considered forensically important, however; their use is somewhat limited due to their transient nature and widespread distribution.
In recent years, this family has become a forensically important facet in many medicocriminal investigations in the growing field of forensic entomology.
There are many techniques currently being developed to differentiate between the various species of forensically important insects.
The digital signature, however, is forensically identical in both legitimate and forged uses - if someone possesses the private key they can create a real signature.