Super Speed! Australian Tiger Beetle The Australian tiger beetle , Cicindela hudsoni, is the World's fastest running insect recorded to date, with an average speed of 5.5 mph (9 km/h). This doesn't sound very fast, but the tiger beetle is a small animal, so at 5.5 mph it is moving at a relative speed of 171 body lengths per second. Imagine if this beetle worked for UPS, LOL. We would all get our Amazon Prime packages within an hour, LOL. CoreniaBug Comedy - Check me out on YouTube because you're invited to the world's silliest bug -CoreniaBug https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLEXzIBt53wxK302dGymNZQ