Scientists say stick bug is world's longest insect

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by stvalentine | October 19, 2008 at 05:06 am
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In this undated picture made available Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008 by Britain's

LONDON – A stick bug from the island of Borneo measuring well over a foot in length has been identified by researchers as the world's longest insect, British scientists said Thursday.

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Fairbanks
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at 09:17 on October 19th, 2008

Saw a praying mantis in Radnor Pennsylvania in the parking lot that was minimum eighteen inches high and wingspan twice that of a magpie.  And green as a frog. 

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