Successional waves refers to the different types of insects that are found at different stages of decomposition.

连续波是指在不同分解阶段发现的不同类型的昆虫。

All of these insects were giving us information about how many successional waves had passed by to estimate the time since death.

所有这些昆虫都在向我们提供信息，告诉我们经过了多少次连续的波，以此来估计死亡的时间。

When the body is mummified or when I find just bones on a very old body, I use another technique that is called a successional waves methodology.

当尸体被木乃伊化或者当我在一具非常古老的尸体上发现骨头时，我使用了另一种叫做连续波方法论的技术。