Story: Wētā

Ground wētā

Ground wētā

There are over 30 species of ground wētā in New Zealand. They live in holes in the ground or clumps of moss, and emerge at night to feed. Unlike tree wētā they enter their tunnels backwards.

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George Gibbs, 'Wētā - Other wētā', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/9720/ground-weta (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by George Gibbs, published 24 Sep 2007