NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T!
With winter (or for what passed as a winter up until now) on the wane, we can start to think of all those insects that will be around in very short order.
One of the most amazing ones when it comes to flying speed is the deer botfly which can flyer faster than a jet plane. It has been clocked at a speed of 818 miles per hour. It crosses 400 yards in one second and moves 13 miles in a minute. The deer botfly flies so fast that it is almost invisible to the human eye (from 2201 Fascinating Facts, David Louis. PP.72)
One would want that fly to emit a vapour trail just to keep track of it!
Modified by
MrK@exordium-adventure.com on 2012-02-16
