New species just dropped! 😮

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 long. Only two female specimens have been collected so far, while a third individual was photographed but released by amazed locals.

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