Researchers have discovered a giant stick insect living at high altitude in tropical North Queensland. Acrophylla alta is around 16 inches long and a strong contender for Australia's heaviest recorded insect.

Researchers recently found a newly discovered stick bug species in the high-altitude rainforests of northern Queensland, Australia. The insect weighs about 44 grams, about the weight of the golf ball,

Scientists identify Acrophylla alta in Queensland rainforest, marking it as Australia’s heaviest insect at 44 grams.