CHINA BUG DECLARES WORLD’S LONGEST INSECT

A bug over half a metre long discovered in southern China has been declared the world’s longest insect. A stick insect measuring 62.4 centimetres found two years ago in the southern province of Guangxi has broken the record for length amongst the world’s 807,625 known insects. The bug has been dubbed as Phryganistria chinensis Zhao. The previous record-holder was a Malaysian 56.7-centimetre-long stick insect discovered in 2008 and now on display in London’s Natural History Museum. More than 3,000 varieties of stick insects have been discovered so far.

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