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Kōrero: Te aitanga pepeke – the insect world

Mokoroa

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Pūriri moth caterpillar

Kīia ai te anuhe o te pepe tuna, he mokoroa. Ko tāna he kakati haere kia tae ki te manawa o te pūriri, ka kai i te kāpia, pirau rawa. Nō konei te kōrero rā, ‘he iti mokoroa ka hinga te pūriri’.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Department of Conservation

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Bradford Haami, Te aitanga pepeke – the insect world – Moths, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12618/mokoroa (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bradford Haami, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.

Comments

Robert Bicker
26 September 2023
With Puri being a Teak, one of our hardest woods how does this creature burrow. If it just uses its mandibles where does the energy come from. I have a notion it excrets a liquid which softens the wood. Would welcome your thoughts