A giant stick insect species found in Australia’s Wet Tropics named Acrophylla alta can reach 40 centimetres in length and weigh 44 grams

A new "supersized" species of stick insect that is roughly as heavy as a golf ball has been discovered in Australia.

This video show the moment scientists held a newly discovered species of stick insect which is believed to be the heaviest insect in Australia. Research published on Thursday (31 July) has identified the 40-cm Acrophylla alta species as being likely heavier than the giant burrowing cockroach,

A "new species" of stick insect, measuring over a foot long, has been discovered in Australia. Scientists believe the newly discovered species - which weighs almost as much as a golf ball - may be the heaviest insect in the country.