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Ctenomorpha gargantua, the gargantuan stick insect, is a species of stick insect that is endemic to rainforests in northeastern Queensland, Australia. [1] It is Australia's longest stick insect and among the world's longest stick insects, with females having been confirmed at up to 56.5 cm (22.2 in) in total length, including extended legs and cerci (protusions from the end of their body ...
Acrophylla titan, the titan stick insect, is the second-longest stick insect found in Australia. First described by William Sharp Macleay in 1826, [1] it was considered to be the longest stick insect in the world until the discovery of Ctenomorpha gargantua. [2] It is native to south-east Queensland and New South Wales.
Another of the longest insect in terms of total length is Phobaeticus serratipes of Malaysia and Singapore, measuring up to 55.5 cm (21.9 in) in total length. [27] The spiny stick insect (Heteropteryx dilatata) of Southeast Asia does not reach the extreme lengths of its cousins, the body reaching up to 16 cm (6.3 in) long, but it is much bulkier.
It is the world's longest stick insect, which also makes it the world's longest insect. A wild collected female kept at the Insect Museum of West China in Chengdu was the record holder at 62.4 centimetres (24.6 in) in total length (including extended legs) and 36.1 centimetres (14.2 in) in body length, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] but it was surpassed by one of ...
The world's longest stick insect (which also makes it the longest known insects) is a currently undescribed species from Guangxi, China, informally referred to as Phryganistria "chinensis".
Authorities in China have announced that they have found the new world’s longest insect, which beats the previous record-holder by about 2 inches.
A goliath stick insect didn’t seem in the mood to play as it took a swing at the hand of a Queensland woman holding it up for the camera, footage posted to Instagram shows.Lisa Van Kula Donovan ...
Titan stick insect, Acrophylla titan Tesselated phasmid, Anchiale austrotessulata Large brown mantis, Archimantis latistyla Monster mantis, Archimantis monstrosa Spur legged phasmid, Didymuria violescens