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Kōrero: Wētā

Ground wētā

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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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

George Gibbs, Wētā – Other wētā, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9720/ground-weta (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā George Gibbs, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.