Insects have spiracles on their abdomen. They are easy to spot on this tree wētā.
Insects can be large – like the 130 mm wingspan of the kapokapowai/bush giant dragonfly – or tiny – like...
Wētā are endemic to New Zealand. They are quite large compared to other insects, with some weighing more than a...
Fossilised dung (coprolites) from kākāpō in a cave in the South Island has revealed an unexpected and hitherto unknown relationship...
There are two families of wētā in New Zealand. The Anostostomatidae are wētā we often associate with heavy bodies, spiky...
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