Which insect is the fastest flyer?
HORSE BOTFLY
Top speed: 145 km/h
The 4- cm-long, biting fly owes its name to the fact that it loves to suck horse blood.
BLACK CUTWORM
Top speed: 113 km/h Scientific name, Agrotis ipsilon, is due to wing mark-ings resembling the Greek letter Y.
DRAGONFLY
Top speed: 85 km/h
This carnivorous insect uses its vision to hunt other insects, capturing its prey in mid-air.
DEER BOTFLY
Top speed: 80 km/h
As big as a blowfly and very hairy, this is a parasite, whose larvae live in deer throats.
ONE-SPOTTED PREPONE
Top speed: 80 km/h Central and South American butterfly. The male uses speed to drive away competitors.