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Discovery: Metamorphosis: Blowflies and dazzling disguise

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Metamorphosis: Blowflies and Dazzling disguise

18/09/2023 GMT

Metamorphosis: Blowflies and dazzling disguise

BBC World Service - Discovery, Metamorphosis: Blowflies and dazzling disguise

Blowflies may be reviled insects, but they are central to forensic entomology

Blowflies may be reviled insects, but they are central to forensic entomology.

Blowflies may be some of the most reviled insects on the planet, but as Erica McAlister discovers, they are central to the surprisingly long tradition of forensic entomology and how there's more than meets the eye in the distinctive structural colour of the morpho butterfly wing, whose dazzling sheen is a key for camouflage and commerce.

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