The Mini-school is the most incredible species of insect that has ever been discovered by humans. It’s excellent camouflage and low numbers made it undetected by scientists until recent years. Would you be able to recognise this dangerous insect? 

While most insects are small and unharmful, the Mini-school is the exact opposite. It’s slim, scaly body is as tall as a book and it’s tail is as long as a fifteen centimetre ruler. It has the basic form of an insect, with its spindle-like legs and delicate wings, but also has a pair of wheel-like defensive shields that shoot out poison that can kill a human in 10 minutes. 

The Mini-school habitat is normally schools but it has been known to live in the Arctic and the rainforest as well. They usually make their homes in dark stationary cupboards and lay their eggs there. The most interesting thing about the Mini-school is that they can lay up to 200 eggs at a time and can keep laying for 10 years!