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New-to-science stick insect is the heaviest ever found in Australia
A giant stick insect species found in Australia’s Wet Tropics named Acrophylla alta can reach 40 centimetres in length and ...
Supersized stick insect discovered in Wet Tropics
James Cook University researcher Professor Angus Emmott helped identify the new Acrophylla alta species and explained that ...
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Creepy new giant insect may be the heaviest ever recorded in Australia
Researchers have discovered a giant stick insect living at high altitude in tropical North Queensland. Acrophylla alta is ...
See video of the heaviest stick insect ever discovered in Australia
The Acrophylla alta species was found in a remote rainforest in Queensland, Australia. It is believed to be the heaviest ...
New Species Of Stickbug Discovered In Australia Measuring 15+ Inches Looks Like A Mothman-Alien Baby
A new stickbug has been discovered and documented in Australia and as far as stick insects go this one is a behemoth. As of ...
Horrifyingly Huge New Stick Insect Discovered Exactly Where You Think
Wildlife experts in Australia have discovered a new giant stick insect, and it’s the largest, heaviest insect ever found in ...
WATCH: Newly Discovered Insect Species Looks Like an ‘Alien’ Movie Come to Life
Australian scientists have just discovered a new species of giant stick insect and it’s… well, really big. Dubbed Acrophylla alta, the alien-looking bug can apparently measure up to 15 inches long and ...
‘Heaviest ever insect’ measuring 16 INCHES found that’s so huge you need two hands to hold it
A NEW super-sized species of stick insect has been discovered in a remote rainforest in Australia. The bug, which was caught ...