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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 | + | 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 |
==== Common earwig ==== | ==== Common earwig ==== |