
New-to-science stick insect is the heaviest ever found in Australia
A stick insect from the species Acrophylla alta Angus Emmott/James Cook University A newly named species of giant stick insect found in Australia’s Wet Tropics rainforests is thought to be the heaviest insect ever found on the continent. Acrophylla alta weighs 44 grams, around the same as a golf ball, and is approximately 40 centimetres…