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Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects

Author: Jonathan Balcombe.

Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects

Author: Jonathan Balcombe.

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Item #: D30501
Format: Paperback
Pages: 340
Publication Date: 2021
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143134275
For most of us, the only thing we know about flies is that they're annoying, and our usual reaction is to try to kill them. But here, the author of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Award nominee What a Fish Knows shows the order Diptera in all of its diversity, illustrating the essential role that flies play as waste-disposers, predators, and food source. Along the way, ... More
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For most of us, the only thing we know about flies is that they're annoying, and our usual reaction is to try to kill them. But here, the author of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Award nominee What a Fish Knows shows the order Diptera in all of its diversity, illustrating the essential role that flies play as waste-disposers, predators, and food source. Along the way, Jonathan Balcombe reintroduces us to familiar foes like the fruit fly, and gives us the chance to meet its lesser-known cousins like the Petroleum Fly (the only animal in the world that breeds in crude oil) and the Chocolate Midge (the sole pollinator of the Cacao tree).


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