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Wētā is a loanword, from the Māori-language word wētā, which refers to this whole group of large insects; some types of wētā have a specific Māori name. [2] In New Zealand English, it is spelled either "weta" or "wētā", although the form with macrons is increasingly common in formal writing, as the Māori word weta (without macrons) instead means "filth or excrement". [3]
The butterflies of New Zealand include twelve endemic species, as well as several introduced and migrant species. Lepidoptera , which includes the butterflies and moths , is the third largest insect order in New Zealand.
Endemic insects of New Zealand (2 C, 275 P) B. Beetles of New Zealand (1 C, 41 P) Blattodea of New Zealand (6 P) D. Diptera of New Zealand (140 P) H.
It is New Zealand's largest moth, with a wingspan of up to 150 mm. It spends the first five to six years of its life as a grub in a tree trunk (common host plants are the pūriri tree ( Vitex lucens ) and putaputāwētā ( Carpodetus serratus ) , but pūriri larva also inhabit non-native species such as Eucalyptus ), with the last 48 hours of ...
Hemideina brevaculea Salmon, 1950. Hemideina crassidens, commonly known as the Wellington tree wētā, is a large, flightless, nocturnal insect in the family Anostostomatidae. This wētā species is endemic to New Zealand and populates regions in the southern half of North Island/Te Ika a Maui and the north-west of the South Island/Te Wai Pounamu.
The biodiversity of New Zealand, a large island country located in the south-western Pacific Ocean, is varied and distinctive. The species of New Zealand accumulated over many millions of years as lineages evolved in the local circumstances. New Zealand's pre-human biodiversity exhibited high levels of species endemism, but has experienced ...
Chironomus zealandicus. Hudson, 1892. Chironomus zealandicus, commonly known as the New Zealand midge, common midge, or non-biting midge, is an insect of the Chironomidae family that is endemic to New Zealand. The worm-like larvae are known to fisherman and have a common name of blood worm due to their red color and elongated blood gills.
Fauna of New Zealand. The kiwi is a national symbol of New Zealand. The animals of New Zealand, part of its biota, have an unusual history because, before the arrival of humans, less than 900 years ago, the country was mostly free of mammals, except those that could swim there (seals, sea lions, and, off-shore, whales and dolphins) or fly there ...