Extraordinary Portraits of Insects in Flight

A viewer sent me a copy of “Borne on the wind: The extraordinary world of insects in flight“ which, in 1975, published photos of insects in mid-air flight. So, I filmed a bunch of insect flight sequences in a style inspired by the insect portraits in that book! All of these sequences were filmed at 6,000 frames per second. Most play back at 30fps, but some are edited to play back faster. Multiple captures are edited together so that more than one insect appears on-screen at the same time. 00:00 - flatid planthopper 00:30 - intro 01:13 - Chinese mantis 01:42 - American bird grasshopper 02:21 - broad-headed sharpshooter 02:48 - stink bug 03:27 - ichneumonid wasp 03:57 - brown lacewing 04:40 - tiger moth Music licensed from