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: "Surface-Skimming Stoneflies: A Possible Intermediate Stage in Insect Flight Evolution" by Marden & Kramer, 1994 Science https://doi.org/10.1126/science.266.5184.427 "Late Carboniferous paleoichnology reveals the oldest full-body impression of a flying insect" by Knecht, Engel, Benner, 2011 PNAS https://www.pnas.org/content/108/16/6515 "Reanalysis and experimental evidence indicate that the earliest trace fossil of a winged insect was a surface-skimming neopteran" by Marden, 2012 Evolution https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01743.x "Jumping mechanisms in lacewings (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae)" by Burrows & Dorosenko, 2014 Journal of Experimental Biology https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.110841 Surface skimming video courtesy of Prof. James Marden, Penn State U https://science.psu.edu/bio/people/jhm10 Music licensed from https://www.soundofpicture.com/