Editorial August 24, 1998 Issue

800 mph deerflies?

William E. Moody

Here's a story. You may have heard it before, but if not I'll tell you right away that the "scientific" facts aren't exactly correct, although they were believed to be true for a long time. It seems that many years ago an amateur naturalist, a parson actually, became captivated with how fast a particular insect was able to fly. On one of his regular outings, the man was amazed by this insect, the deerfly, and later published an account that it could travel at speeds approaching 800 miles per hour!

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