• Question: how fast do the emperor dragon flies fly

    Asked by lightcypress202 to Emperor Dragonfly on 3 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Emperor Dragonfly

      Emperor Dragonfly answered on 3 Nov 2017:


      Dragonflies are amongst the fastest insect fliers – the Guiness Book of Records lists a dragonfly as the fastest flying insect on earth (an Australian species called Austrophlebia costalis) that was clocked at 96 kilometres an hour – but this measurement was from 1927 so might be disputed. I know that Emperor Dragonflies can easily outrun me – the only way I can get close to them is to hope they think my net is something good to eat and come and have a look!

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