Hemideina maori, also known as the mountain stone wētā, is a wētā of the family Anostostomatidae. They are a large, flightless, nocturnal orthopteran...
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threatened. The seven species of tree wētā (pūtangatanga in Māori) are: The Auckland tree wētā Hemideina thoracica can be found throughout the North Island apart...
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Deinacrida heteracantha (redirect from Hemideina gigantea)
zoologist Adam White in 1842. William Colenso described the species as Hemideina gigantea in 1882; a name which was later brought into synonymy with D...
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Hemideina femorata, the Canterbury tree weta (Māori, pūtangatanga) is a flightless nocturnal insect from the order Orthoptera and the genus Hemideina...
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isabella; the flightless midge, Belgica antarctica; the alpine tree weta, Hemideina maori; and the alpine cockroach, Celatoblatta quinquemaculata. Freeze tolerance...
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Pair of Mountain Stone Weta (Hemideina maori) on rock along one of the park's tracks. This is one of many native insect species that can be seen within...
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Ōtamahua / Quail Island (category Articles containing Māori-language text)
Peninisula ground beetle Megadromus guerinii, Banks Peninsula tree weta Hemideina ricta, and the leaf-vein slug Pseudaneitea maculata. About 16,000 people...
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Carpodetus serratus (category Articles containing Māori-language text)
When the pūriri moth caterpillar has left the hole is used by tree wētā (Hemideina spp.) as a daytime refuge. At night the tree wētā eat the leaves and fruits...
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insects, such as Acridid grasshoppers and Weta. Wellington Tree Weta (Hemideina crassidens) feed on the fruits and excrete the seeds intact in their droppings...
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Africa, South America and New Caledonia. In New Zealand are the tree weta (Hemideina White, 1846), the giant weta (Deinacrida White, 1846), and the tusked...
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