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Story: Wētā

Tuatara eating a wētā

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Tuatara eating a wētā

On some offshore islands wētā are free from predators such as rodents and cats, but they are still hunted and eaten by lizards and tuatara.

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George Gibbs, Wētā – Other wētā, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9715/tuatara-eating-a-weta (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by George Gibbs, published 1 March 2009.