The Fabulous Flies - A talk by Dr Erica McAlister
Date and time
Location
Curtis Auditorium
Newcastle University Campus
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RY
United Kingdom
From farmers to medics, explorers to astronauts, detectives to engineers – there is a whole lot more to know about our fabulous flies.
About this event
Speaker: Dr Erica McAlister
Talk specifics: Friday 3 June, 6.00 pm-7.00 pm
Event cost: Free to all
Location: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RY
About the talk
Who cleans up and recycles all our waste?... the corporation Dustman? ... Nope, it is flies!
Who cleans up and recycles our dead bodies? The undertakers? Nope, wrong again, it is flies!
Who solves our crimes in the forensic laboratory? You guessed it ...flies of course. Erica loves flies and after this lecture so will you.
This is a one-off opportunity to hear Erica McAlister, an amazing writer and researcher on flies. Her enthusiasm is infectious. When you read her books and discover all the amazing things flies do for us, you'll never look at them in the same way again.
- McAlister, E. 2020. The Inside Out of Flies. Natural History Museum.
- McAlister, E. 2017. The Secret Life of Flies. Natural History Museum.
- McAlister, E.; Fizer Coleman, S (illustrator) 2022. A Bug's World. Hachette Children's Group.
Dr Erica McAlister Hon. FRES is an entomologist, museum curator and presenter in the United Kingdom. She is an expert in flies (Diptera) and is a senior curator at the Natural History Museum, London. She is the outgoing President of the Amateur Entomologists' Society and the current Chair of the Dipterists Forum.
This lecture is the first of the Insect Superhero lectures, co-organised by NHSN and ABC 22 and is part of ABC 22, Friday 3 June - Sun 5 June, Summerhill Pavilion and greens. It has been kindly sponsored by the Dickinson Memorial Fund of the Natural History Society of Northumbria.
