The World's Largest insect measures 56.6 centimeters
The Natural History Museum in London has the largest known specimen of this new species
The world's largest insect, the Phobaeticus chani, was presented yesterday at the Natural History Museum in London.
from Borneo, the Phobaeticus chani, a stick insect that measures 56.6 inches long with a body of 35.7 centimeters, 2.9 centimeters taller than the previous largest known specimen The Phobaeticus kirbyi, also from Borneo.
A little-known specimen, of which people have found only three specimens.
"It's a shame that many other species spectacular insects are disappearing as their habitats are destroyed and before we have time to find and catalog them, "lamented George Beccaloni, head of the stick insect collection of the museum.
As an anecdote to highlight how insect egg in the form of capsules with wing-shaped protrusions that facilitate its spread by wind.
The Natural History Museum in London has the largest known specimen of this new species
The world's largest insect, the Phobaeticus chani, was presented yesterday at the Natural History Museum in London.
from Borneo, the Phobaeticus chani, a stick insect that measures 56.6 inches long with a body of 35.7 centimeters, 2.9 centimeters taller than the previous largest known specimen The Phobaeticus kirbyi, also from Borneo.
A little-known specimen, of which people have found only three specimens.
"It's a shame that many other species spectacular insects are disappearing as their habitats are destroyed and before we have time to find and catalog them, "lamented George Beccaloni, head of the stick insect collection of the museum.
As an anecdote to highlight how insect egg in the form of capsules with wing-shaped protrusions that facilitate its spread by wind.
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