KOTA KINABALU: An affinity for the unique stick insect has paid off for Sabah amateur naturalist Datuk Chan Chew Lun with the world’s longest insect being named after him.
Measuring well over 30cm, the stick insect was officially named Phobaticus chani, or Chan’s megastick, in this month’s issue of the scientific journal Zootaxa by British scientist Philip Bragg.
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