{"id":38028,"date":"2025-07-31T23:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T23:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/38028\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T23:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T23:41:07","slug":"a-spectacular-giant-stick-insect-discovered-in-the-rainforests-of-north-queensland-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/38028\/","title":{"rendered":"A Spectacular Giant Stick Insect Discovered in the Rainforests of North Queensland, Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/angusemmottphotography\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Angus Emmott<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcu.edu.au\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">James Cook University<\/a> and scientist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosscoupland\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Ross Coupland <\/a>discovered a new species of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phasmatodea\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Phasmatodea<\/a>, specifically the <a href=\"https:\/\/mapress.com\/zt\/article\/view\/zootaxa.5647.4.4\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Highlands Giant Acrophylla<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acrophylla_alta\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Acrophylla alta<\/a>), an elusive yet absolutely spectacular giant stick insect in the most northern tropical rainforests of <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/?s=Queensland+Australia\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Queensland, Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Searching of suitable habitat during the wet season months has revealed a spectacular new species of phasmid from Queensland, Australia:\u00a0Acrophylla alta.<\/p>\n<p>This insect is now considered to be the heaviest insect in Australia, coming in at nearly 40 centimeters (15.7 inches) in length and weighing 44 grams (1.55 ounces).<\/p>\n<p>A new species of giant stick insect has been found in a tropical rainforest in far north Queensland. Professor Angus Emmott from James Cook University searched for a stick insect after receiving a photograph of a possible unknown species. Weighing up to 44 grams, Acrophylla alta is believed to be the heaviest insect in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Angus Emmet Talks About This Amazing Discovery<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated Posts\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Researchers Angus Emmott of James Cook University and scientist Ross Coupland discovered a new species of Phasmatodea, specifically&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":{"0":"post-38028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}