whats the worlds fastest insect?

Answer 1

ants on speed

Answer 2

Do you mean relative speed or absolute? The Australian tiger beetle, according to the website below, has the fastest relative speed among insects. Relative speed is the speed of the animal as compared to its body length.

The relative speed of a tiger beetle--Cicindela eburneola (subgenus Rivacindela)--if it were the size of a 6-foot man, would be 1,026 feet/second, or 1/5 of a mile per second (720 mph--meaning the beetle would almost break the sound barrier [732 mph]).

The American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) has been clocked at 1.5 m/s (3.4 mph)--that's absolute speed; it was thought to be the fastest. However, another study showed that two species of Australian tiger beetles, Cicindela hudsoni and C. eburneola (the same one from the relative-speed record), beat that record at 1.86 m/s (4.16 mph).

So from these studies, the Australian tiger beetle, Cicindela eburneola (sugenus Rivacindela) appears to be the fastest insect recorded.

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:3_N5l5rkfIoJ:ufbir.ifas.ufl.edu/chap39.htm+fastest+insect&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=safari
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Of course, these are insect speeds on land; the researchers were measuring only the fastest land speed for insects.

Answer 3

The insects with the highest reliably measured airspeeds are desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) and corn earworm moths (Helicoverpa zea). These fly at average airspeeds of 33 and 28 km/h respectively (about 21 and 17 mph). Many insects surely fly faster, but their airspeeds have yet to be studied with modern methods. The highest sustained ground speed recorded is that of the black cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon) which flies at speeds of between 97 and 113 km/h (60-70 mph) (Showers & Sappington 1992)

Answer 4

The trap-jaw ant.

I'm not referring to the speed at which the insect can travel on it's own, but in terms of movements made independently by an insect.

'Employing the same high-speed imaging methods as those used to film flying bullets, an American research team now shows that the jaws can move at exceptional speeds. Peak velocities exceed 180km/h (110mph)

"This is really by far and away the fastest recorded animal limb movement," said lead researcher Sheila Patek, of the University of California, Berkeley, who worked with ants from Costa Rica. '

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5272094.stm

Answer 5

Fastest Insect dragonfly (36 miles per hour)

Fastest Animal peregrine falcon, a bird (100-200 miles per hour)
Fastest Marine Animal blue whale (30 miles per hour)
Fastest Land Animal cheetah (70 miles per hour)
Fastest Fish sailfish (68 miles per hour)
Fastest Bird peregrine falcon (100-200 miles per hour)

Hope this helps, all the best

Answer 6

"Commonly known as trap-jaw ants, species in Odontomachus have a pair large, straight mandibles capable of opening 180 degrees. These jaws are locked in place, and can snap shut on prey or objects when trigger hairs on the jaw are touched. The mandbles are powerful and fast, giving the ant its common name. The mandibles either kill or maim the prey, allowing the ant to bring it back to the nest. The Odontomachus can simply lock and snap its jaws again if one bite is not enough, or to cut off bits of larger food. Odontomachus can use its jaws without locking them, for other tasks such as nest building and care of larva."

Answer 7

the one in front of the second fastest

Answer 8

A Honey Bee, or perhaps the flying Date Roach in Indio, Calif. just my guess, not really sure, but both are very fast, that roach can fly sooo fast, but runs just as fast on the ground!

Answer 9

A Politician in a jet plane.

Answer 10

the cockroach it can run at scale speeds of up to 200 mph

Answer 11

a fly when its hit the front of my car