Meet Acrophylla alta - Australia’s new insect heavyweight at 44g, the length of a forearm.

Found by chance in a rainforest, scientists say even bigger ones could be hiding above us. 🌿🦗

#AcrophyllaAlta #Australia #TheLolgic #StickInsect

🐛🌿 ¡Insecto gigante hallado en Australia pesa 44g! #ciencia
#InsectoGigante, #Australia, #SelvaAustraliana, #Descubrimiento, #NaturalezaSalvaje, #Biodiversidad, #InsectoPalo, #AcrophyllaAlta, #GuinnessWorldRecords, #Ciencia, #Exploración,
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#NewSpecies!
New stick insect from #australia just got stuck:

Acrophylla alta

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03D72B1D-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #AcrophyllaAlta

#FAIRdata
#OA #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #entomology #insects #walkingsticks #stickinsect