The heaviest insect in the world is New Zealand's giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha. Deinacrida lives in the treetops and Maori called it wetapunga, "the god of ugly things". Even wetapunga was no match for rats, and this giant insect now survives only on Little Barrier Island.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 282, 1 November 1996, Page 50
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46The heaviest insect in the world is New Zealand's giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha. Deinacrida lives in the treetops and Maori called it wetapunga, "the god of ugly things". Even wetapunga was no match for rats, and this giant insect now survives only on Little Barrier Island. Forest and Bird, Issue 282, 1 November 1996, Page 50
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