Editing Mecoptera (section)

==Interaction with humans==

[[Forensic entomology]] makes use of scorpionflies' habit of feeding on human [[corpse]]s. In areas where the family Panorpidae occurs, such as the eastern United States, these scorpionflies can be the first insects to arrive at a donated human cadaver<!-- observed (by the entomologist Natalie Lindgren) at the Southeast Texas Applied Forensic Science Facility near [[Huntsville, Texas]]-->, and remain on a corpse for one or two days. The presence of scorpionflies thus indicates that a body must be fresh.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rutsch |first1=Poncie |title=Finding Crime Clues In What Insects Had For Dinner |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/22/379091257/finding-crime-clues-in-what-insects-had-for-dinner |newspaper=NPR |access-date=22 June 2015 |date=22 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=STAFS/>

Scorpionflies are sometimes described as looking "sinister", particularly from the male's raised "tail" resembling a [[scorpion]]'s sting.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weirdest Looking Bugs |url=http://www.enkivillage.com/weirdest-bugs.html |publisher=EnkiVillage |access-date=22 June 2015|date=2015-05-13 }}</ref> A popular but incorrect belief is that they can sting with their tails.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Newton |first1=Blake |title=Scorpionflies & Hangingflies|url=http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/scorpionflies/scorpionflies.htm|publisher=University of Kentucky|access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref>{{Clear}}