Superfly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Smartest Insects | A Gallery from Afternoons | RNZ National

Biologist Jonathan Balcombe has written a book about the secret life of flies!

A black soldier fly (Joseph Moisan-Serres Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)

Jonathan Balcombe's book reveals the similarities between humans and flies

Loved up flies

The fruit fly (Shutterstock)

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