How high can insects fly?
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The Bumblebees Are Ground Dwelling Insects
Migratory insects can travel hundreds of meters above the ground, and mountain dwelling insects can fly at incredible altitudes. But what about an insect that found its way into an elevator up a higherized building would be able to fly higher than it otherwise would have done? To work out the answer we are going back to our london skyscraper. The sky garden is so high up in the air that you can hear the wind roaring around us while we speak. Do you find yourself with any insects up here? We have insect life, but most of those are glass house pests that preday on my plants. I asked jason chapman what he thought, let's say i took a
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