Deinacrida heteracantha, Little Barrier Island giant weta One of 150 wetapunga released on Tiritiri Matangi Island on 1st May 2014
Description
English: Deinacrida heteracantha, wetapunga or Little Barrier giant weta. One of 100 released on Tiritiri Matangi Island on 1st May 2014
Date 4 August 2015, 04:10:40
Author Dinobass
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wetapunga.jpg
Deinacrida heteracantha, also known as Wetapunga, is a weta in the Order Orthoptera and Family Anostostomatidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and currently only found on Little Barrier Island and several smaller predator-free island conservation areas.