Highlights from Wellington’s City Nature Challenge 2021 » The Cook Strait giant weta (Deinacrida rugosa) was once restricted to a few islands in Cook Strait but has been introduced to Zealandia. The Cook Strait giant weta is one of the largest insects in the world but this one is just a baby. Photo by naturewatchwidow, CC-BY.

The Cook Strait giant wētā (Deinacrida rugosa) was once restricted to a few islands in Cook Strait but has been introduced to Zealandia. It is one of the largest insects in the world but this one is just a baby. Photo by naturewatchwidow , 2021, via iNaturalist. CC BY 4.0Read more

The Cook Strait giant weta (Deinacrida rugosa) was once restricted to a few islands in Cook Strait but has been introduced to Zealandia. The Cook Strait giant weta is one of the largest insects in the world but this one is just a baby. Photo by naturewatchwidow, CC-BY.