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Discovery: Metamorphosis: Soldier fly and desert beetle

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25/09/2023 GMT

Metamorphosis: Soldier fly and desert beetle

BBC World Service - Discovery, Metamorphosis: Soldier fly and desert beetle

Erica McAlister on the innocuous black soldier fly and the Namib desert beetle

Erica McAlister on the innocuous black soldier fly and the Namib desert beetle.

Erica McAlister on the innocuous wasp-like black soldier fly, a crown jewel of a fast-growing insect farming industry that's addressing the urgent need to find cheap clean protein.  And how Namib Desert beetles have evolved in a very special environment, where the only source of water exists in the air.

(Image: Desert beetle in Namib desert. Credit: Martin Harvey/Getty Images)

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