Sources vary greatly, with most stating that dragonflies' top speed is around 60 kilometres per hour (38 mph) for the larger species, and about half that for smaller species. Some sources claim that dragonflies have been clocked up to 97 km per hour, or 60 mph, but these claims are difficult to verify.
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It is thought that a dragonfly is capable of flying over 60 miles per hour. However, most of the time, they are probably flying around 20 miles per hour.