The giant stick insect is around 40cm long, and was discovered in high-altitude trees in North Queensland, Australia with footage of the stick insect showing its incredible wingspan.

The 40cm-long insect, named Acrophylla alta, weighs slightly less than a golf ball and may be the heaviest insect 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…