Hemideina maori, also known as the mountain stone wētā, is a wētā of the family Anostostomatidae. They are a large, flightless, nocturnal orthopteran...

the genus Hemideina of the family Anostostomatidae. The genus is endemic to New Zealand. There are seven species within the genus Hemideina, found throughout...

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...

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...

Hemideina femorata, the Canterbury tree weta (Māori, pūtangatanga) is a flightless nocturnal insect from the order Orthoptera and the genus Hemideina...

isabella; the flightless midge, Belgica antarctica; the alpine tree weta, Hemideina maori; and the alpine cockroach, Celatoblatta quinquemaculata. Freeze tolerance...

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...

Peninisula ground beetle Megadromus guerinii, Banks Peninsula tree weta Hemideina ricta, and the leaf-vein slug Pseudaneitea maculata. About 16,000 people...

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...

insects, such as Acridid grasshoppers and Weta. Wellington Tree Weta (Hemideina crassidens) feed on the fruits and excrete the seeds intact in their droppings...

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...