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Balcombe, Jonathan P.
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Flies.
Flies -- Behavior.
Flies -- Adaptation.
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Balcombe, Jonathan P.
Flies.
Flies -- Behavior.
Flies -- Adaptation.
MARC Display
Super
fly
: the
unexpected
lives
of the
world
's
most
successful
insects
/ Jonathan Balcombe.
by
Balcombe, Jonathan P.
Penguin Books, 2021.
Call #:
595.77 B174s
Subjects
Flies.
Flies -- Behavior.
Flies -- Adaptation.
ISBN:
9780143134275 (pbk.)
Description:
xi, 340 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-324) and index.
Summary:
"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. In
Super
Fly
, the myth-busting biologist Jonathan Balcombe shows the order Diptera in all of its diversity, illustrating the essential role that flies play in every ecosystem in the
world
as pollinators, waste-disposers, predators, and food source; and how flies continue to reshape our understanding of evolution. Along the way, he reintroduces us to familiar foes like the fruit
fly
and mosquito, and gives us the chance to meet their 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). No matter your outlook on our tiny buzzing neighbors,
Super
Fly
will change the way you look at flies forever."--From publisher.
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