Super fly : the unexpected lives of the world's most successful insects / Jonathan Balcombe.
Super fly : the unexpected lives of the world's most successful insects / Jonathan Balcombe.
Super fly : the unexpected lives of the world's most successful insects / Jonathan Balcombe.
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Publisher
New York : Penguin Books, [2021]
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G 2021/2616
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English
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Physical content
xi, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
New York : Penguin Books, [2021]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2021]
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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, pred...
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Super fly : the unexpected lives of the world's most successful insects / Jonathan Balcombe.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-324) and index.
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©2021
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G 2021/2616
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74VKaXLx7KQX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaXLx7KQX
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ISBN
0143134272
9780143134275
DDC
595.77
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991024436226802626
