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Wētā can bite with powerful mandibles. Tree wētā bites are painful but not particularly common. Tree wētā lift their hind legs in a defence displays to look large and spiky, but they tend to retreat if given the chance. Tree wētā raise their hind legs into the air in warning to foes, and then bring
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spp.) males provide nuptial food gifts when mating and females of some species provide maternal care. Wētā eggs are laid in soil over the autumn and winter months and hatch the following spring. A wētā takes between one and two years to reach adulthood, and over this time will have to shed its skin
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Fossilised orthopterans have been found in Russia, China, South Africa, Australia, and New
Zealand, but the relationships are open to different interpretations by scientists. Most wētā of both families are found in the Southern Hemisphere. Wētā were probably present in ancient
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are enlarged and usually very spiny. Many are wingless. Because they can cope with variations in temperature, wētā are found in a variety of environments, including alpine, forests, grasslands, caves, shrub lands and urban gardens. They are
2313:"High alpine sorcerers: revision of the cave wētā genus Pharmacus Pictet & de Saussure (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Macropathinae), with the description of six new species and three new subspecies"
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have caused a sharp increase in the rate of predation. They are also vulnerable to habitat destruction caused by humans and modification of their habitat caused by introduced browsers. New
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Zealand there were as of 2014 19 genera of tokoriri, and their taxonomy is under review. Seven new species of South Island cave wētā were named and described in 2019, including
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species have been described from New
Zealand and other distinct populations require further study. They hide in burrows in the ground during the day, and those that live in open ground (e.g.,
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Gondwanaland weta: family Anostostomatidae (formerly in Stenopelmatidae, Henicidae or Mimnermidae): nomenclatural problems, world checklist, new genera and species".
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Wallis, G. P.; Morgan-Richards, M.; Trewick, S.A. (2000). "Phylogeographical pattern correlates with
Pliocene mountain building in the alpine scree weta (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae)".
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or Middle Island tusked wētā was discovered in 1970. It is a ground-dwelling wētā, entombing itself in shallow burrows during the day, and is critically endangered: a
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in Māori) are large by insect standards. They are heavy herbivorous
Orthoptera with a body length of up to 100 mm (3.9 in), excluding their long legs and
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Bulgarella, Mariana; Trewick, Steven A.; Minards, Niki A.; Jacobson, Melissa J.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2013). "Shifting ranges of two tree weta species (
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Zealand cave weta (Rhaphidophoridae) genera
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Morgan-Richards, M (1997). "Intraspecific karyotype variation is not concordant with allozyme variation in the
Auckland tree weta of New Zealand,
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them down to stridulate. Pegs or ridges on the side of their abdomen are struck by a patch of fine pegs at the inner surface of their hind legs (
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breeding programme has established new colonies on other islands in the
Mercury group. The Raukumara tusked wētā was discovered in 1996, in the
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have very short ovipositors, related perhaps to their burrowing into soil and laying their eggs in a special chamber at the end of the burrow.
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Many wētā are large by insect standards and some species are among the largest and heaviest in the world. Their physical appearance is like a
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spp.) males have larger heads than females and a polygynandrous mating system with harem formation and male-male competition for mates.
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are only very distant relatives of the other types of wētā, being classified in several genera of subfamily Macropathinae in family
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considers 16 of the 70 species at risk. Programmes to prevent extinctions have been implemented since the 1970s.
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1848:"Indigenous plant naming and experimentation reveal a plant–insect relationship in New Zealand forests"
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largely overlaps with the Wellington tree wētā in Nelson and the northern portion of the West Coast.
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ground wētā (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) from North Island, New Zealand"
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The Northland tusked wētā lives in tree holes, similar to tree wētā. The
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Wehi, Priscilla M.; Brownstein, Gretchen; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2020).
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Although wētā had native predators in the form of birds (especially the
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Hutton (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) and description of a new species"
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Fea, Murray P.; Mark, Cassandra J.; Holwell, Gregory I. (2019).
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Smith, BL Taylor; Morgan-Richards, M.; Trewick, S. A. (2013).
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occupies Wellington, the Wairarapa, the northern parts of the
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Kelly, Clint D.; Bussière, Luc F.; Gwynne, Darryl T. (2008).
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Harem of 5 adult females and one male Wellington tree wētā (
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is in the same subfamily as ground wētā, Anostostomatinae.
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This article is about the insect. For other uses, see
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region. Within this range are seven chromosome races.
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The biology of wetas, king crickets and their allies
2593:"A Key to the Tree and Ground Wetas of New Zealand"
2212:– via New Zealand Department of Conservation.
1327:; Jorgensen, Murray; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2013).
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871:Although some do live in caves, most species (e.g.
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1755:"Reinstatement of the New Zealand cave wētā genus
923:Lower leg (tarsus) with two claws and sensory pads
2648:– a comprehensive guide to New Zealand Orthoptera
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1020:Trewick, Steve; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2014).
893:sp.) and amongst rocks in the mountains (e.g.
451:spp.) are endemic to New Zealand. Giant wētā (
2390:"Some Observations on New Zealand Cave-wetas"
1796:"Seven new South Island cave wētā identified"
293:spp.) are smaller than females and they show
1356:"New Zealand ground wētā (Anostostomatidae:
494:), and are sometimes considered examples of
467:. The largest species of giant wētā is the
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1122:. Statistics New Zealand. Archived from
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1397:Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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2484:Roy, Eleanor Ainge (21 October 2016).
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1852:Conservation Science and Practice
1794:Harvie, Will (25 November 2019).
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2522:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00905.x
1891:(Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae)".
1503:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00510.x
1149:; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2011).
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560:The seven species of tree wētā (
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2672:Endemic insects of New Zealand
2270:New Zealand Journal of Zoology
2229:New Zealand Journal of Zoology
2106:New Zealand Journal of Zoology
1998:New Zealand Journal of Zoology
1673:Journal of Orthoptera Research
1364:New Zealand Journal of Zoology
1337:New Zealand Journal of Ecology
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1191:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.08.005
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1156:New Zealand Journal of Ecology
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447:The 11 species of giant wētā (
314:around ten times as it grows.
269:, long-horned grasshopper, or
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2609:Journal of Human Reproduction
2282:10.1080/03014223.2018.1520266
2118:10.1080/03014223.2016.1205109
2010:10.1080/03014223.2015.1032984
1983:10.1080/00779962.1995.9721996
1459:. Auckland: Random House NZ.
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702:, Mercury Islands tusked wētā
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213:while the larger species are
199:heaviest insects in the world
2552:. Department of Conservation
2417:European Journal of Taxonomy
2317:European Journal of Taxonomy
2242:10.1080/03014223.2013.804422
1763:European Journal of Taxonomy
1377:10.1080/03014223.2013.804422
1236:New Zealand Natural Sciences
1179:Journal of Insect Physiology
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782:are classified in the genus
623:is found in Marlborough and
574:can be found throughout the
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488:(e.g. the alpine scree wētā
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2147:Trewick, Steven A. (2021).
1422:Field, Laurence H. (2001).
887:), inside tree holes (e.g.
877:) live in the forest among
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1617:Royal Society Open Science
1480:Gwynne, Darryl T. (2005).
975:Department of Conservation
748:Department of Conservation
543:and bite when threatened.
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469:Little Barrier Island wētā
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45:Male Wellington tree wētā
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2326:10.5852/ejt.2022.808.1721
2170:10.11646/zootaxa.4942.2.4
1455:Kleinpaste, Ruud (1997).
1120:"Plurals in te reo Māori"
881:, logs, under bark (e.g.
643:The West Coast bush wētā
589:The Wellington tree wētā
205:, most small species are
197:, and some are among the
171:for a group of about 100
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51:Scientific classification
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2591:Salmon, John T. (1956).
2545:Sherley, Greg H (1998).
2206:Science for Conservation
2149:"A new species of large
1971:New Zealand Entomologist
1821:"Book of Insect Records"
1720:Invertebrate Systematics
1393:"Story: Wētā, Tree wētā"
947:Underside with parasites
437:Cook Strait giant wētā (
412:Pleioplectron rodmorrisi
175:species in the families
1924:Journal of Biogeography
1457:Scratching for a Living
1262:The American Naturalist
1229:an obligate herbivore?"
1073:Te Aka Māori Dictionary
568:The Auckland tree wētā
461:Deinacrida heteracantha
261:General characteristics
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2462:The New Zealand Herald
2100:Hemiandrus maculifrons
1905:10.1006/bijl.1996.0114
1543:10.1098/rstb.2008.0112
1484:Hemiandrus pallitarsis
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721:Hemiandrus monstrosus
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376:(Moutere Hauiri) and
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21:Weta (disambiguation)
2569:Hemideina crassidens
2457:"Eel's costly snack"
2426:10.5852/ejt.2019.577
1772:10.5852/ejt.2018.468
1227:Hemideina crassidens
770:A male ground wētā,
592:Hemideina crassidens
553:Hemideina crassidens
519:Hemideina crassidens
295:scramble competition
2667:Insect common names
2363:. Massey University
2357:"Cave Weta Ecology"
1889:Hemideina thoracica
1629:10.1098/rsos.231118
1537:(1508): 3427–3437.
1331:Hemideina thoracica
716:Anisoura nicobarica
571:Hemideina thoracica
356:separated from it.
341:Hemideina thoracica
247:New Zealand English
167:in English) is the
2615:(Suppl. 5): 26–46.
2319:(808): 1–58–1–58.
1585:Trewick, Steve A.
1325:Wehi, Priscilla M.
1225:"Is the tree weta
1175:Wehi, Priscilla M.
1147:Wehi, Priscilla M.
984:In popular culture
835:The 60 species of
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307:Ground wētā
297:for mates.
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215:herbivorous
188:New Zealand
169:common name
2656:Categories
2556:7 November
2469:3 December
2202:Hemiandrus
2151:Hemiandrus
1358:Hemiandrus
1104:23 January
1008:References
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801:H. focalis
796:Hemiandrus
785:Hemiandrus
646:H. broughi
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601:West Coast
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291:Deinacrida
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1944:0305-0270
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299:Tree wētā
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