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it was once reported going at the speed of 800mph but was proved wrong using logic.

the facts were:

  • To maintain a velocity of 800 miles per hour, the 0.3-gram fly would have had to consume more than 150% of its body weight in food every second;
  • The fly would have produced an audible sonic boom;
  • The supersonic fly would have been invisible to the naked eye; and
  • The impact trauma of such a fly colliding with a human body would resemble that of a gunshot wound

later it was calculated that the same fly was moving at a rate of speed around 25 mph, but the fastest a deer botfly was recorded was aprox. 50mph

AnswerYears ago the speed of a deerfly was published as nearly "the speed of sound". The experiment, the experimenter and the data has been thoroughly debunked....

Additional information:

We have clocked deerflies in Wisconsin while cycling on the Lacrosse River Trail and the "400" Rails-to-Trails trail. They become somewhat discouraged after a few hundred yards at 12 miles per hour. You can actually escape them at 14.7 miles per hour.

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