A crab that finds cunning disguises, a chest-bursting parasitic wasp and an aquatic plant that grows its own floaties are among more than 600 native plants and animals discovered in the past year
A crab that finds cunning disguises, a chest-bursting parasitic wasp, and an aquatic plant that grows its own floaties are among the more than 600 native plants and animals discovered to science in the past year, adding to Australia’s already long list of unique wildlife.
Fluffy crabs glue living sponges to their bodies for camouflage that they keep trim using their tiny claws.Australian Biological Resources Study acting general manager Bryan Lessard said of the 626 Australian native species discovered by scientists in the past 12 months, his favourite was the “aspiring hairdresser”“It’s so adorable,” Lessard said. “It uses its tiny claws to snip sponges that it glues to itself to keep it fresh.
Scientists discovered a new cicada species living along the Great Dividing Range in NSW and into southern Queensland which they calledusing Latin for ignited in reference to the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20, when much of its natural range was burned.Lessard said they are “high energy” cicadas and the males make loud clicks while flying and buzz when perched on trees.
“Australia is recognised as one of only 17 mega-diverse countries in the world, and with a result like this it’s easy to see why. Although Australia has less than 1 per cent of the world’s population, we have around 8 per cent of the world’s plants and animals,” Plibersek said.
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