[Syrphidae] wing speed

[Jamie Gundry]

Olavi Sotavalta did a brilliant study of this for Syrphids and a wide range 
of other insects in 1947. It appears in the Acta Entomologica Fennica 
publication.

What he found agrees with what Dr Gilbert just suggested: 110 to 330 Hz.

Jamie.

On Oct 26 2007, Gilbert Francis wrote:

>There are more than 50 determinations of wing-beat frequencies in the
>literature, ranging between 110 and 330 Hz
>
>Francis
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:syrphidae-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Bastiaan
>Sent: 26 October 2007 07:35
>To: Hoverfly discussion list
>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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