Erica McAlister, entomologist and co-author of Metamorphosis, takes us through all the fascinating ways that insects are changing our world. Close up of Black soldier fly (BSF) larvae or maggot, Hermetia Illucens insect farms for fish and poultry feed There’s more to maggots than meets the eye. Whether it’s the astonishing properties of resilin, the protein that makes fleas jump; the proboscis of the mosquito’s mouth being used to develop smart needles; or the computational dynamics gleaned from studying locust swarms in Africa – in Metamorphosis, Erica McAlister and Adrian Washbourne reveal the wonder of insects, the historical figures who have made great breakthroughs in understanding them, and the increasingly vital role they play in ensuring life, as we know it, continues.