The Secret Life of Flies
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2017
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-0802-6 (ISBN)
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-0802-6 (ISBN)
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Enter a hidden world of snail killers, silly names and crazy sex lives.
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.
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.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Immature Ones (Maggots)
Chapter 3 The Pollinators
Chapter 4 The Detritivores (feeders on dead material)
Chapter 5 The Coprohages (dung/faeces eaters)
Chapter 6 The Necrophages (feeders on dead animals)
Chapter 7 The Vegetarians
Chapter 8 The Fungi Feeders
Chapter 9 The Predators
Chapter 10 The Parasites
Chapter 11 The Sanguivores
Chapter 12 The End
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.01.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Melbourne |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 200 mm |
| Gewicht | 392 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4863-0802-3 / 1486308023 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4863-0802-6 / 9781486308026 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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