For today’s Think about it Thursday article, we are going to briefly look at different winged species and see how fast they are in comparison!
Fruit Fly: 200 times per second
Mosquito: 400 times per second
Honey Bee: 230 times per second
Dragonfly: 30 beats per second BUT can fly up to about 35mph!
Butterfly: 5-12 times per second
Hummingbird: Approximately 80 times per second
Bat: About 50 times per second
Chickadee: 27 times per second
Great Blue Heron: Approximately only 1 flap per second!