[Syrphidae] Re-Wingbeat frequencies

Fri Oct 26 15:00:50 BST 2007

Hello all,

Some of the flight peak frequencies that my colleagues and I have recorded also ranged from 133-200 Hz for Spilomyia sayi, S. longicornis, Eristalis flavipes and E. transversa. Of course as expected, there were also intraspecific variations.

All the best,
Arash

Arash Rashed, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati,OH, 45221-0006
http://bioweb.ad.uc.edu/BGSA/Pages/Rashed/Rashed_home.htm 

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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:35:11 +0200
From: Bastiaan <bwakkie at syrphidae.com>
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Hi all,

Via my website I received the following interesting question from Israel...

"I would like to find out if it is true that the wing flight speed of a
syrphid can achieve 5 ms which means – 200 per second?"

...anyone has an answer on this? I guess there is a range.

regards,
Bastiaan

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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:55:37 +0100
From: "Gilbert Francis" <Francis.Gilbert at nottingham.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: [Syrphidae] wing speed
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There are more than 50 determinations of wing-beat frequencies in the
literature, ranging between 110 and 330 Hz

Francis

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Subject: [Syrphidae] wing speed

Hi all,

Via my website I received the following interesting question from
Israel...

"I would like to find out if it is true that the wing flight speed of a
syrphid can achieve 5 ms which means - 200 per second?"

...anyone has an answer on this? I guess there is a range.

regards,
Bastiaan
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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:50:18 +0100
From: "Matthew SULLIVAN" <M.Sullivan at mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: [Syrphidae] wingbeat frequencies
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Hi All,

Further to the question about wingbeat frequencies, a few years ago a student of mine
carried out an informal analysis of the relationship between WBF and body size in syrphids
and other insects.  He found some differences in these relationships between groups
(although the literature used was more restricted than the set Francis reports).  If
anyone would like to talk a little more drop me a direct email.

All best,

Matthew

Dr Matthew Sullivan DPhil.
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School of Biology, Chemistry and Health Science
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