A supersized stick insect that was discovered in a northern Queensland rainforest has been dubbed Australia's heaviest insect.

In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the heaviest ever found in the country.

Researchers recently found a newly discovered stick bug species in the high-altitude rainforests of northern Queensland, Australia. The insect weighs about 44 grams, about the weight of the golf ball,