Insect Flight, Capturing Takeoff Flying at 3, 200 FPS

Takeoff and flight sequences of insects spanning 8 different taxonomic orders captured at 3, 200 fps 00:00 intro 01:17 plume moth 01:20 firefly 02:32 painted lichen moth 03:14 leafroller moth 03:31 rosy maple moth 04:00 stonefly (see comment for correct ID) 05:14 mayflies 06:07 fishfly 07:00 aphid 07:42 scorpionfly 08:10 lacewing References: SurfaceSkimming Stoneflies: A Possible Intermediate Stage in Insect Flight Evolution by Marden Kramer, 1994 Science Late Carboniferous paleoichnology reveals the oldest fullbody impression of a flying insect by Knecht, Engel, Benner, 2011 PNAS Reanalysis and experimental evidence indicate that the earliest trace fossil of a winged insect was a surfaceskimming neopteran by Marden, 2012 Evolution Jumping mechanisms in lacewings (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae) by Burrows Dorosenko, 2014 J