The fastest flying insect
The dragonfly insect (in English: Dragonfly) is the fastest flying insect, with a speed of up to 56 km / h, followed by the insect of the Sphinx (in English: Hawk Moths), which reaches a speed of 54 km / h.
The fastest non-flying insects
The Australian tiger beetle (in English: The Australian tiger beetle) is the fastest insect that walks on the ground and does not fly. The speed of the Australian tiger beetle, which is scientifically known as (Cicindela hudsoni), is about 9 km / h, followed by the Australian tiger beetle, which is known scientifically as (Cincindela). eburneola) and reaches a speed of 6.8 km / h.
Information about dragonfly insect
In addition to its high speed, the dragonfly is distinguished by its ability to move each of its four wings independently of the other, and it can rotate its wings forward and backward, and move them up and down, so it is able to fly forward, backward, up, and down, and it can It stops flying while flapping its wings, and it can make a sharp turn without having to reduce its speed, or to perform this movement at a slow speed if it wishes to do so, and a team of Harvard University scientists was able to photograph a dragonfly that begins to fly, then catches its prey, then returns to its place within a period not exceeding 1-1.5 seconds using high-speed cameras.
Information about the Australian tiger beet
The Australian tiger beetle feeds on small insects and other arthropods, which is helped by its speed that enables it to catch the prey before it runs away, and it is noted that the tiger beetle stops several times during its pursuit of its prey; Because its high speed puts it in a state of temporary blindness, its eyes are not able to collect a sufficient number of photons reflected from the prey, and therefore it is not able to determine its exact location, so the beetle is forced to stop and look around it to locate the prey, then start towards it again, and so on until it can catching her
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