Creepy New Giant Insect May Be the Heaviest Ever Recorded in Australia

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An amazing find has shaken the Australian scientific community: a new species of stick insect, 'Acrophylla Alta', has been discovered on top of the forest canopy of the Atherton plateaus, in northern Queensland.With a length of 40 centimeters and a weight just below that of a golf ball, this six-legged colossus could become the heaviest insect ever recorded in Australia.The find began with a photoThe discovery, recently published in the magazine…

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Scientists have identified a new species of giant stick insect, called High Acrophylla, with the most surprising characteristic of a weight of 44 grams, similar to a golf ball.

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Acrophylla alta is probably Australia's heaviest insect. It went undiscovered because it lives high in the treetops.

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It is a stick insect found in Australia and is already catalogued as the heaviest in the country Scientists have identified a new species of giant stick insect, called Acrophylla Alta, with the most striking characteristic of a 44 grams weight, similar to a golf ball. Details of the discovery have been published in Zootaxa magazine. In depth “There are longer stick insects in the region, but they are quite light,” said Professor Angus Emmott, a …

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The walking stick insect weighs about 44 grams, or just slightly less than a golf ball. "As far as we know, this is the heaviest insect in Australia," says researcher Angus Emmott. Emmott is one of the scientists who first described the "heavy" walking stick insect. The species is now classified as Acrophylla alta, so […] Want to know more about science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl .