The Acrophylla alta species was found in a remote rainforest in Queensland, Australia. It is believed to be the heaviest stick insect in the country.

This might be the heaviest insect ever discovered in Australia. The Acrophylla Alta is about a foot and a half long and weighs about the same as a golf ball. It was discovered in the canopies of the mountainous wet tropics region of Far North Queensland,

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