Is there any evidence supporting the argument that an entomologist's testimony is sufficient to establish that an insect sample was collected on a murder victim's body?

Roberson's lack of foundation argument ignores this evidence. Moreover, the only authority he cites, People v. Loy (2011) 52 Cal.4th 46, is readily distinguishable. There, the People offered an entomologist's testimony about insects found on a murder victim's body, to establish when the body was left in a vacant lot. (Id. at pp. 69-71.) Because the People failed to establish the date the insect sample was collected, the trial court

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erred by overruling defense counsel's lack-of-foundation objection. (Id. at pp. 69-70.) Nothing remotely similar occurred here.