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The Cook Strait giant wētā is found only in New Zealand, on the islands of the North, South and Middle Trio, Stephens, Maud, Matiu/Somes and Mana. [4] [5] In 2007, this species was reintroduced to mainland New Zealand, where it had been extinct for over 100 years, and is now found in Zealandia Wildlife Sanctuary in the North Island. [6]
The mating systems observed in giant wētā species like the Scree Wētā (Deinacrida connectens) and Cook Strait giant wētā (Deinacrida rugosa) likely led to the development of sexual dimorphism. where males develop lighter, more slender bodies and longer legs allows them to cover distance more efficiently has developed.
Hemiandrus bilobatus, the wine wētā [1] (or Cook Strait ground weta), is a species of ground weta endemic to New Zealand. [2] Being a ground weta, they are often found in burrows in the ground during the daytime (as they are nocturnal). The species is found in Wellington, on Mana Island and northern South Island and is classified as "Not ...
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]
There are more than 500 species of invertebrates on the island, including three species of wētā. Wellington tree wētā were transferred to Matiu / Somes Island in 1996 and 1997, and 67 Cook Strait giant wētā were successfully transferred from Mana Island in 1996. A species of small ground wētā had survived on Matiu / Somes Island after ...
Cook Strait giant wētā: Deinacrida rugosa: Insecta: 2 Aug 2019: More photos Gardner's tree daisy: Olearia gardneri: Angiosperms: 26 Jul 2019 Herbivorous alpine beetle Protodendrophagus antipodes: Insecta: 19 Jul 2019: Dryland sow thistle: Sonchus novae-zelandiae: Angiosperms: 12 Jul 2019 — To create Mountain stone wētā: Hemideina maori ...
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Notable species on the island include the Cook Strait giant wētā, shore plover, North Island robin, takahē, Wellington green gecko, yellow-crowned parakeet, and brown teal. [8] The most recent example is the critically endangered Wellington speargrass weevil from the Wellington South Coast in 2006.