i have not seen any similar question
2007-02-22 02:32:49 · 9 answers · asked by victor j 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
The fastest insect is a type of cockroach. It can travel over 40mph!
2007-02-22 02:40:23 · answer #1 · answered by Pseudonym45 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several fast ones;
What is the fastest insect in the world?
There appears to be some debate about this, and depends on whether we're talking flying or crawling. A study in 1999 determined that the Australian tiger beetles may be the fastest running insects known. The fastest among them can run 5.6 miles an hour. As for flying speed, Sphinx moths, or hawk moths, have been measured at about 33 miles per hour, while a horse fly recently reached about 90 miles an hour. The American Deer Bot fly has been clocked at 50 miles per hour. The common dragon fly is also a quick one, flicking away at 25 miles per hour. We'd love to hear from anyone who has the definitive answer on this.
2007-02-22 02:43:09 · answer #2 · answered by golden rider 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The highest maintainable air speed of any insect is 24 mph (39 km/h) by the Australian dragonfly, Austrophlebia costalis - this can rise to a maximum of 36 mph (58 km/h) in short bursts.
The fastest insects on land are certain tropical cockroachs and the record is 3.36 mph or 50 body lengths per second by Periplaneta americana at the University of California at Berkeley in 1991.
2007-02-22 02:39:56 · answer #3 · answered by Duke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Top 10 fastest insect fliers....
10.Honey Bee 12 kph
9. Horsefly 14 kph
8. Bumble bee 18 kph
7. Hornet: 21 kph
6. Corn earworm moth 28 kph
5. Dragonfly 29 kph
4. Desert Locusts 33 kph
3. Deer bot fly- Cephenemyia pratti 47 kph
2. West Indian Butterfly -Prepona Species 48 kph
1. Hawkmoth 54 kph
2007-02-22 02:41:49 · answer #4 · answered by papyrus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fastest insects on land are certain large tropical cockroaches of the family Dictyoptera. In an experiment carried out at the University of California at Berkeley, USA, in 1991, a Periplaneta americana registered a record speed of 3.36 m.p.h., or 50 body lengths per second.
2007-02-22 03:49:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fastest running insect (cant fly ( is the tigerbeatle and fastest flier is a dragon fly
2014-07-01 19:16:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fastest Insect On Land
2017-02-21 00:57:08 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The deer botfly
2007-02-22 07:49:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dragonfly, it can go 36 mph.
2007-02-22 02:37:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋