Elusive giant #StickInsect species discovered in #rainforests of Far North Queensland https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-31/giant-stick-insect-acrophylla-alta-wet-tropics-discovery/105596666 paper: https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5647.4.4
"They live in high-altitude #forest, high in the canopy, and unless a bird or a storm knocks one down we just can't find them up there... Weighing at up to 44 grams, A. alta is believed to be the heaviest #insect in #Australia... due to the elusive nature of the species, scientists are yet to find and describe a male."