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What Is This Massive Stick Insect, and Where Is It Found?

There are over 3,000 stick insect species, including a recently discovered species in Australia’s Wet Tropics. Learn more ...
New York Post

Stick insect — as hefty as a golf ball — could be heaviest ever found in Australian rainforest

This Aussie bug is breaking records — and possibly a few branches. Scientists have discovered a hefty new species of stick insect in a remote Australian rainforest, and it could be the heaviest ever ...
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Have You Seen This? Hopefully you won't see this giant stick insect in your yard

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Supersized Stick Big Discovered in Australia Could Be One of the Heaviest Insects in the World

Researchers found a new Acrophylla alta species of stick bug in the high-altitude rainforests of northern Queensland, Australia. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...