Chest-Bursting Wasps Among 600 New Species Discovered in Australia

Lemon Damselfish swimming amongst the corals on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, on July 13, 2021. Melanie Sun/The Epoch Times

‘Salsa dancing’ spiders, tiny crabs dressed in sea sponge, and chest-bursting wasps are among some of the 626 new Australian species scientists discovered in the past 12 months.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said that scientists are discovering and naming about two new species every day.