Super Fly — from an expert in animal consciousness — will turn the fly on the wall into the elephant in the room.
In Super Fly, the myth-busting biologist Jonathan Balcombe shows the order Diptera in all of its diversity.
Balcombe illustrates 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),” said a recent review.
“No matter your outlook on our tiny buzzing neighbors, Super Fly will change the way you look at flies forever,” it added.
“It is readable, funny, fascinating, and a great gate-way read for those who love science.”
Balcombe was born in England, and has lived in New Zealand, the US, and Canada.
