蒼蠅處理廢物

 數以千計的不同麗蠅 (blowflies)、肉蠅和水虻 (soldier flies) 免費處理動物屍體、腐爛的葉子和糞便。 (p. 8)


Source:
Oliver Milman, The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run the World. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2022.

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