Wētā - Wikipedia
Wētā (also spelled weta in English) is the common name for a group of about 100 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae endemic to New Zealand. They are giant flightless crickets, and some are among the heaviest insects in the world.
Giant wētā - Wikipedia
Giant wētā are several species of wētā in the genus Deinacrida of the family Anostostomatidae. Giant wētā are endemic to New Zealand and all but one species are protected by law because they are considered at risk of extinction. [1]
Wētā: New Zealand invertebrates - Department of Conservation
Mahoenui giant wētā. Wētā are incredible looking creatures. They range in size, but with their big bodies, spiny legs, and curved tusks, they are one of New Zealand's most recognisable creepy-crawlies.
10 Intense Facts About the Giant Weta - Mental Floss
Jun 9, 2015 · The giant weta is one of the biggest insects on Earth, easily dwarfing most bugs and even some small rodents. Here are 10 facts you probably don't know about this New Zealand native.
12 Giant Wētā Facts - Fact Animal
Wētā are giant flightless crickets that are usually nocturnal. They’re huge because they evolved in an area without mammals, and so have occupied some of their niches instead. They are forest floor dwellers and are mainly herbivorous and feed on forest plants and foliage.
Giant wētā/wētāpunga: New Zealand invertebrates
Wētāpunga are very large insects, unique to New Zealand. The species has only survived on Hauturu-o-Toi/Little Barrier Island. Wētāpunga is a New Zealand's giant wētā species and the biggest of this type. When fully grown they can even be heavier than a mouse or sparrow.
Deinacrida heteracantha - Wikipedia
Deinacrida heteracantha, also known as the Little Barrier giant wētā or wētāpunga (Māori: wētāpunga), [2] is a wētā in the order Orthoptera and family Anostostomatidae. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it survived only on Hauturu (Little Barrier Island). [3]
Largest species of weta - Guinness World Records
Belonging to the order Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets) and confined entirely to New Zealand, wetas number around 70 species, resemble a cross between a cricket and a cockroach, and include some of the world’s largest insects.
Page 1. What is a wētā? - Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Wētā is the Māori name for a group of large, spiny, wingless grasshopper-like insects. These giants of the insect world are normally found in dark, damp tunnels in hollow trees, rock cavities or soil, anywhere from sand dunes to above the snowline. Wētā are related to grasshoppers, locusts, crickets and katydids (all members of the order ...
Giant Wētā Facts and Pictures - The Insect Guide
Nov 17, 2022 · Giant wētā or Deinacrida is a genus in the wētā (Anostostomatidae) family, consisting of 11 insect species, all native to New Zealand. Wētās are generally large, cricket-like insects and the species belonging to the giant wētā genus are …