articleThe Brief Australia’s heaviest insect was discovered in a rainforest. Researchers found a huge bug was found in a rainforest, and it's considered the heaviest insect in Australia. Researchers told the social news platform Storyful that the rare bug possibly went undiscovered for a while because its habitat is hard to access. James Cook University researcher Angus Emmott told Storyful that the insects' eggs helped identify the bug as a new species. "From what we know to date, this is Australia’s heaviest insect."