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Story: Wētā

Cave wētā

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Cave wētā

Cave wētā belong to the Rhaphiophoridae family – a group of small-bodied wētā with very long antennae and slender legs.

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George Gibbs, Wētā – What is a wētā?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9710/cave-weta (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by George Gibbs, published 1 March 2009.