Orthoptera Curator George Beccaloni holding the giant stick insect
Scientific name: Phobaeticus chani
Name: Chan's megastick
Length: 567mm
Habitat: Rainforest canopy of Borneo
Name after: Malaysian naturalist, Datuk Chan Chew Lun
Heaviest/Largest Insect
Scientific name: Goliathus goliath
Name: Goliath beetle
Weight: 80–100 grams (2.8–3.5 oz) in the larval stage. Adult is only about half of that.
Length: Up to 110mm for males and 80mm for females
Habitat: Africa (mostly in African tropical rainforest)
Smallest Insect
Gonatocerus triguttatus Girault (a type of fairyfly)
Scientific name: Alpatus magnimius
Name: Fairyfly
Size: 0.21 mm for male
Most Venomous Insect
Scientific name: Pogonomyrmex maricopa
Name: Harvester Ant
Lethal Dosage: Lethal dosage required to kill at least one half of a population (LD50) of rodents is at an exact value of 0.12 mg/kg
2 comments:
Hey, that Phobaeticus chani, when was it discovered? Lately the news have reported about a the "new" spieces "Phobaeticus chani" and that it is a "new" record in size amongst insects.
I believe that it was found in 1989. See link below.
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/10/18/nation/2316389&sec=nation
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