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Smithsonian Magazine on MSN20h
Gigantic ‘Walking Stick’ Discovered in Australia Might Be the Continent’s Heaviest Insect
The “ supersized ”​​​​​​​ A. alta weighs around 1.6 ounces (44 grams), or slightly less than a golf ball. “From what we know ...
Meet Acrophylla Alta– Australia's Heaviest Insect; ‘Of course It’s Australian’ Says Internet
Meet Acrophylla Alta- Australia's heaviest insect that has been recently discovered. A video of the palm-sized stick insect ...
ScienceAlert on MSN8h
Giant Stick Insect Found Hiding in Rainforest May Be Australia's Heaviest
The newly discovered bug makes its home high in the canopy of the Atherton Tablelands, a highland rainforest in tropical ...
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 ...
Supersized Stick Big Discovered in Australia Could Be One of the Heaviest Insects in the World
Researchers recently found a newly discovered stick bug species in the high-altitude rainforests of northern Queensland, ...
Supersized stick insect discovered in Wet Tropics
James Cook University researcher Professor Angus Emmott helped identify the new Acrophylla alta species and explained that ...
Stick insect — as hefty as a golf ball — could be heaviest ever found in Australian rainforest
A new species of stick insect believed to be the heaviest ever found in Australia was located in a remote rainforest.
New Scientist on MSN7d
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 ...
Meet the new species of giant stick insect that weighs about the same as a golf ball
In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new ...
New giant stick insect is Australia's heaviest
Scientists have discovered Australia’s heaviest stick insect from the remote Wet Tropics rainforest. Its unique eggs helped ...
The Express Tribune3d
New stick insect species discovered in Queensland named Australia’s heaviest
Scientists identify Acrophylla alta in Queensland rainforest, marking it as Australia’s heaviest insect at 44 grams.
New giant stick insect species is Australia's heaviest, scientists say
In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new ...