Each week recent purchases are placed on the new book displays inside
the library, and eBooks are made immediately available to use. You can
view and subscribe to the list via New Library Books list online. For instructions on how to borrow an eBook by downloading it; check out our eBook LibGuide.
Some eBooks require logging in with your JCU username and password;
additional software will need to be installed to download books to a
digital bookshelf. Most eBooks can be read online without downloading
extra software.An book title of interest is: The Secret life of Flies by Erica McAlister
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.
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