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insects [2021/09/14 08:55]
rapidplatypus [Bullet Ants]
insects [2021/09/14 08:59]
rapidplatypus [Wētā]
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 ==== Wētā ==== ==== Wētā ====
-Wētā is the collective name for about 70 species of large proctoscopic insects, endemic to New Zealand. There were no mammals on the islands before the arrival of humans, so the locusts occupied an ecological niche similar to mice and rats. They are among the largest insects in the world, including the antennae and legs their length can exceed 11 inchesand their weight 2.5 ounces. The name comes from the Maori word "wētāpunga", meaning "deity of ugliness". [([[https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/invertebrates/weta/giant-weta-wetapunga/|Department of Conservation]])]+Wētā is the collective name for about 70 species of large proctoscopic insects, endemic to New Zealand. There were no mammals on the islands before the arrival of humans, so the locusts occupied an ecological niche similar to mice and rats. They are among the largest insects in the world: Including the antennae and legstheir length can exceed 11 inches and they weigh 2.5 ounces. The name comes from the Maori word "wētāpunga", meaning "deity of ugliness.[([[https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/invertebrates/weta/giant-weta-wetapunga/|Department of Conservation]])]
  
 ==== Common earwig ==== ==== Common earwig ====
insects.txt · Last modified: 2022/08/16 06:57 by aga