A newly discovered stick insect which weighs slightly less than a golf ball may be the heaviest insect in Australia, scientists say.
The 40cm-long new species, named Acrophylla alta, was found in the high altitudes of the Atherton tablelands in north Queensland – and scientists said the habitat could be part of the reason for its large size.
“Want me to climb up to the canopy and see if I can grab it?” “Nah, just hand me that long stick there”
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I like the idea that it just got stuck high up and they put out a stick and it was like “oh shit, now this I like” and immediately crawled onto a dead stick because it looked similar
…and that’s when they found the really big stick insect.