Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1915 — Strength of Fly. [ARTICLE]

Strength of Fly.

An Englishman has made many ex periments with various insects, such as caterpillars, fleas, butterflies and files, which show how extraordinarily strong these insects are. A bluebottle fly weighing 1-28 of an ounce was hitched by a thread t&ta tiny wagon and drew a total weight of a little over six ounces, or practically 170 times its own weight A caterpillar harnessed In a similar manner puUed 25 times its own weight. A strong man with a like equipinent of large size can at most mow but ten times his own weight