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The Secret Life of Flies by Erica McAlister (Hardcover, 2016)

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In The Secret Life of Flies entomologist Erica McAlister gets under the wings of these crucial creatures as she adventures into the land of the fly. From hungry herbivores and precocious pollinators to robber flies, danceflies and the much maligned mosquito, she describes the different types of fly, their unique and often unusual characteristics, and the unpredictable nature of their daily life. Erica travels from the drawers of wonder at the Natural History Museum, London to the mountains of Peru, via underground caves, smelly latrines and the English country garden. She discovers flies without wings, eyes on stalks, rotating genitalia and the terrible hairy fly, while pausing along the way to consider today's key issues of conservation, taxonomy, forensic entomology and climate change. Combining her deep knowledge and love of flies with a wonderful knack for storytelling, Erica McAlister allows us to peer - amazed and captivated - into the secret life of flies. The Secret Life of Flies is suited to insect lovers and natural history enthusiasts.

Product Identifiers

PublisherCsiro Publishing

ISBN-139781486308026

eBay Product ID (ePID)232680513

Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameThe Secret Life of Flies

Publication Year2016

SubjectZoology, Science

TypeTextbook

AuthorErica Mcalister

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height200 mm

Item Weight600 g

Item Width130 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia

Title_AuthorErica Mcalister