This giant weta, or wetapunga, once occurred on the mainland of Northland but is now restricted to Little Barrier Island. Its body is about the size of a mouse and some say it is the world’s heaviest insect.
C.R. VEITCH, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
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Forest and Bird, Issue 294, 1 November 1999, Page 34
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43This giant weta, or wetapunga, once occurred on the mainland of Northland but is now restricted to Little Barrier Island. Its body is about the size of a mouse and some say it is the world’s heaviest insect. C.R. VEITCH, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Forest and Bird, Issue 294, 1 November 1999, Page 34
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