FlyEvidence Price Structures

 £50 per hour

To contract the services of FlyEvidence, please scroll to the foot of this page, where you will find a Contract FlyEvidence button, which will take you to the Contact FlyEvidence form. Leave me a message outlining your project need and FlyEvidence will respond as soon as possible.

FlyEvidence is actively accepting forensic and legal work in instances where insect evidence is present in a case. Confidentiality, correct procedures & protocols and chain of custody are paramount to the contract.

Schedule of Rates for Forensic Contracts

Telephonic discussion and (non-legal) advice 

(£10 per 10 minutes or part thereof) up to a total                                  £60 per hour

Travel time                                                                                                               £40 per hour

Travel costs                                                                                                              by submission of receipts

Daily rate (holding fee for 8 hours*)                                                              £400

Site visits and Fieldwork                                                                                    £80 per hour

Mortuary attendance                                                                                           £80 per hour

Confidential legal reports and advice                                                          £80 per hour

Precognition statement                                                                                     £100 per hour

Court attendance (day one)                                                                              £500 per day

Subsequent days of court attendance after day one                             £350 per day

*The daily rate is a holding fee exclusive of meetings and site visit, charged either side of these activities to cover time away from regular work activities.

Fees for international work (i.e. outside of the UK) can be negotiated on a project by project basis, including transport and accommodation costs. For the most part the fee structure will remain as stated, but travel and subsistence will need discussion.

Please direct any queries or concerns to Dr Andrew Whittington at: awhittington@flyevidence.co.uk

There are two insect identification options here - please contact FlyEvidence to discuss your preference. On top of the £50 per hour rate for services (£375 per day):

Option 1: Sample rate

Per species (or taxon) encountered £50

Plus

Per sample £10 

This option most suits large ecological surveys, with mixed sample tubes containing an unknown number of species.

It is preferable to 'clean' the samples prior to contracting FlyEvidence, so that all vegetative materials and debris are removed only the taxa requiring analysis are included. This saves FlyEvidence time and ultimately costs less per contract.

Co-Authorship in publications arising from the research are welcome, but at this rate, is not required; acknowledgement of contracted work is required please.

Option 2: Specimen rate

Per species (or taxon) encountered £10

Plus

Per specimen identified £5

This option most suits small projects with relatively few specimens (approx. < 50), where a perception of the number of species is known by prior sorting.

It is an ideal rate for student dissertation work where species require confirmation, but is nonetheless also available to larger research projects.

It is recommended that samples are pre-processed, so that representative morpho-species (coded for later cross-referencing) are received for identification. This will cut costs considerably, but runs the risk that species-complexes of similar looking species may be missed. If, on the other-hand, cost is not an issue, but full identification is, then FlyEvidene is willing to receive all specimens and to sort & identify accordingly.

Co-Authorship in publications arising from the research are welcome, but at this rate not required; acknowledgement of contracted work is required please.

To contract the services of FlyEvidence, please scroll to the foot of this page, where you will find a Contract FlyEvidence button, which will take you to the Contact FlyEvidence form. Leave me a message outlining your project need and FlyEvidence will respond as soon as possible.

Full co-authorship in peer reviewed journals

No financial exchange, but co-Authorship in publications arising from the research is required.

This option for insect identification service best suits research projects for which funding has not been granted.

Students, please discuss your intentions with your project supervisor and ensure that a Dissertation Consent Form is completed prior to contacting FlyEvidence.

To contract the services of FlyEvidence, please scroll to the foot of this page, where you will find a Contract FlyEvidence button, which will take you to the Contact FlyEvidence form. Leave me a message outlining your project need and FlyEvidence will respond as soon as possible.

FlyEvidence provides statistical analysis using the GNU software PSPP although spreadsheets (MS Excel or Numbers) may also be used where data analysis is straight-forward. 

Please select from the following options.

Option 1: Research projects with targeted publication in peer reviewed journals.

 £50 per hour  (£375 per day)

Please note that due to the complexity of data analysis, it is well worth 'cleaning' your data prior to contract, so that there are no gaps or anomalies. 

Often the presentation of data is not as the recipient software requires, therefore requiring re-working of the data for the PSPP format.

Co-Authorship in publications arising from the research are welcome, but at this rate, is not required; acknowledgement of contracted work is required please.

Option 2: Student projects, undergraduate dissertations, postgraduate Masters and PhD.

 £30 per hour

Students, please discuss your intentions with your project supervisor and ensure that a Dissertation Consent Form is completed prior to contacting FlyEvidence. This ensures that University regulations are adhered to and that the contract is within the requirements of your degree. FlyEvidence is unwilling to accept student contracts without prior supervisor consent.

Please note that due to the complexity of data analysis, it is well worth 'cleaning' your data prior to contract, so that there are no gaps or anomalies. 

Often the presentation of data is not as the recipient software requires, therefore requiring re-working of the data for the PSPP format.

Please acknowledge of contracted work in the final dissertation and in any publications arising from the analysis.

To contract the services of FlyEvidence, please scroll to the foot of this page, where you will find a Contract FlyEvidence button, which will take you to the Contact FlyEvidence form. Leave me a message outlining your project need and FlyEvidence will respond as soon as possible.

z-stacked photographic service using an Ash Technologies Ltd, Omni Core full HD 1080p digital microscope.

£50 per image

To contract the services of FlyEvidence, please scroll to the foot of this page, where you will find a Contract FlyEvidence button, which will take you to the Contact FlyEvidence form. Leave me a message outlining your project need and FlyEvidence will respond as soon as possible.