Download or read book Insect Flight written by Graham J. Goldsworthy and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insects are the most numerous class of animals or earth, both in terms of their number and their variety. There are 800,000 recognized species, with between 1 and 10 million estimated species yet to be classified. This book will discuss, mechanics of flight, Wing structure, Hovering flight, flight in smaller and larger insects and wing polars.