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   May 25, 2021 · 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.

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2. www.jonathanbalcombe.com › super-flyLatest Book: Super Fly - Jonathan Balcombe

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   Oct 30, 2020 · 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

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   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.

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5. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blogFlies: The Fascinating Lives of the Most Successful Insects

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   May 25, 2021 · Key points. We can learn a lot about ourselves by peering into the remarkable lives of flies and other maligned and marginalized animals. Flies are remarkable complex beings who play critical...

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   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.

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7. www.nytimes.com › super-fly-jonathan-balcombeThere Is So Much You Don’t Know About Being a Fly

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   May 28, 2021 · Where once flies might have represented tedium or torment, “Super Fly” unveils an existence that is not necessarily simpler for merely being smaller.

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   What does Super Fly tell us about flies?

   • 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.

   Flies: The Fascinating Lives of the Most Successful Insects

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   What is Super Fly?

   • Through a combination of science and storytelling, Super Fly [aims to] present a glittering extravaganza of the improbable, audacious, and miraculous ways that flies get on in a world that otherwise only seems to be run by humans. Most importantly, flies play an indispensable role in the functioning of healthy ecosystems.

   Flies: The Fascinating Lives of the Most Successful Insects

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   What is the theme of Super Fly?

   • The third theme gets into flies’ angst-inducing roles as disease vectors and agricultural “pests,” their beneficial roles in genetics, and as crime -solvers and wound-healers. The core and final message of Super Fly is that our planet is a complex ecosystem and that flies are an indispensable part of that whole.

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   Are flies autopilot?

   • So it comes as something of a revelation, then, to learn by way of Jonathan Balcombe’s latest book, “Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World’s Most Successful Insects,” that far from operating on autopilot, flies exhibit discerning social lives, idiosyncratic behavior and sensitivities to stimuli that are not dissimilar to our own.

   There Is So Much You Don’t Know About Being a Fly

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   Why are flies omnipresent?

   • Source: Penguin Books, with permission. Another reason is that flies are omnipresent, and they personally affect practically everybody. For example, very, very few of us, I suspect, can claim never to have been bitten by a mosquito. But pesky mosquitoes are just a tiny slice of the fly pie.

   Flies: The Fascinating Lives of the Most Successful Insects

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   What can we learn from flies & other maligned and marginalized animals?

   • We can learn a lot about ourselves by peering into the remarkable lives of flies and other maligned and marginalized animals. Flies are remarkable complex beings who play critical roles in diverse ecosystems. In "Super Fly," a fact-filled and easy to read book, Jonathan Balcombe clearly shows why all animals matter.

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9. www.kirkusreviews.com › super-fly-insectsSUPER FLY - Kirkus Reviews

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   May 25, 2021 · SUPER FLY THE UNEXPECTED LIVES OF THE WORLD'S MOST SUCCESSFUL INSECTS. by Jonathan Balcombe ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 25, 2021. A lively, lucid exploration—everything you ever wanted to know about flies and then some.