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Supersized stick insect discovered in high-altitude trees in Australia (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 days ago by maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone

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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.

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[-] MrShankles@reddthat.com 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The insect was so high up that they had to use a long stick to get it down

"Want me to climb up to the canopy and see if I can grab it?" "Nah, just hand me that long stick there"

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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

[-] Tau@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Nah, just hand me that long stick there”

...and that's when they found the really big stick insect.

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