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Elusive giant #StickInsect species discovered in #rainforests of Far North Queensland https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-31/giant-stick-insect-acrophylla-alta-wet-tropics-discovery/105596666 paper: https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5647.4.4
"They live in high-altitude #forest, high in the canopy, and unless a bird or a storm knocks one down we just can't find them up there... Weighing at up to 44 grams, A. alta is believed to be the heaviest #insect in #Australia... due to the elusive nature of the species, scientists are yet to find and describe a male."
31-Jul-2025
New #tarantula species so feisty, males evolved the longest #genitalia to survive #mating
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1093326
A logical bug in the headline - in those species where the male doesn't survive mating, it's not because of falling short, it's because #evolution has no better use for them than serving as a meal for the female. In which case they can't evolve any protective measure. #science #arachnids #ecology #newSpecies
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