Category
page 1Wētā
wētā
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. Generally nocturnal, most small species are carnivores and scavengers while the larger species are herbivorous. Although some endemic birds (and tuatara) likely prey on them, wētā are disproportionately preyed upon by introduced mammals, and some species are now critically endangered.
Deinacrida
genus of insects
Deinacrida heteracantha
species of insect
Deinacrida fallai
species of insect
Deinacrida rugosa
species of insect
Deinacrida parva
species of insect
Hemiandrus
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Hemiandrus pallitarsis
species of insect
Hemideina thoracica
species of insect
Deinacrida mahoenui
species of insect
Hemideina maori
species of insect
Hemideina crassidens
species of insect
Anisoura nicobarica
species of wētā endemic to New Zealand
Hemiandrus subantarcticus
species of insect
Hemideina broughi
species of insect
Deinacrida tibiospina
species of insect
Motuweta
Motuweta is a genus consisting of two species of tusked wētā in the family Anostostomatidae, endemic to New Zealand. The Northland tusked wētā, Anisoura nicobarica, may belong in this group, in which case the genus Motuweta would become a junior synonym of Anisoura.
Hemiandrus maculifrons
species of insect
Hemideina ricta
species of insect
Hemiandrus focalis
species of insect
Deinacrida pluvialis
species of insect
Hemiandrus bilobatus
species of wētā endemic to New Zealand
Deinacrida carinata
species of insect
Motuweta isolata
species of insect
Deinacrida elegans
species of insect
Hemideina trewicki
species of insect
Motuweta riparia
species of insect
Deinacrida connectens
species of wētā endemic to New Zealand
Hemideina femorata
species of insect
Hemideina
genus of insects
Anostostoma
Anostostoma is the type genus of the family Anostostomatidae and consists of five species of insect, endemic to Australia.
Deinacrida talpa
species of insect