Abstract
Dr. Wells' letter to the Editor states that the postcolonization Interval (PCI) and period of insect activity (PIA), as defined in Tomberlin et al. (2011), were esoteric and impracticable concepts. Wells then stated that many researchers were incorrectly using the terms in recent articles and cited our article (Michaud et al. 2012) as an example, along with several others (Mondor et al. 2012, Tomberlin et al. 2012, Berg and Benbow 2013, Bygarski and LeBlanc 2013, Picard et al. 2013). Here, we comment on Wells' assessment of PIA and PCI and we clarify why a citation to Tomberlin et al. (2011) appeared in the introduction of Michaud et al. (2012). We feel it is important to note that we are not involved in forensic entomology casework. Our views are from a research perspective. Wells' criticism of the PIA and PCI concepts is largely one of semantics. One …
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