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Super fly : the unexpected lives of the world's most successful insects / Jonathan Balcombe.

by Balcombe, Jonathan P.

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Penguin Books, 2021.

Flies -- Behavior.

Flies -- Adaptation.

9780143134275 (pbk.)

xi, 340 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-324) and index.

"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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