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World Records of the Animal Kingdom. |
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The World's Fastest Flying Insect |
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| Common: Desert Locust | Scientific: Schistocerca gregaria | ||
| Origin: Africa | Other Names: Giant Weta, Wetapunga | ||
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Desert Locust is the World's fastest flying insect recorded to date. It also
takes two other titles, the World's largest swarm insect and the World's
largest migration insect. It is said that other insects would probably fly faster than this insect, but have not been accurately measured. The Desert Locust flies at an average air speed of 33 km/h (T.J. Dean, 2003). Reference: Dean, T.J. School of Physics. University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy. Related Information: |
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