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Deinacrida rugosa are gentle giants - herbivores far less ferocious than the smaller tree weta we find in our garages, gardens and gumboots!
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On Sunday 11 February, volunteers, trustees, iwi representatives and invited dignitaries will watch as up to 100 Cook Strait giant weta (Deinacrida rugosa) are released back into the wild at Wellingtons award-winning Karori Wildlife Sanctuary.
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The world's heaviest insect, the weta or wingless cricket of Little Barrier Island (Hauturu) weighs up to 70 grams and is one of 12 species of Deinacrida, the ancestors of which roamed the Jurassic forests.
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Deinacrida megacephala big-headed flightless cricket, 137
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Deinacrida megacephala, the big-headed flightless cricket.
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Deinacrida megacephala big-headed flightless cricket, 137
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Deinacrida megacephala, the big-headed flightless cricket.
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Weta (Deinacrida, Hemideina) native forest estate Mahakirau
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These Weta (Deinacrida, Hemideina) we spotted in the native forest of the Mahakirau estate in
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These Weta (Deinacrida, Hemideina) we spotted in the native forest of the Mahakirau estate in Coromandel NZ Nord Island.
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biocon commented on the word Deinacrida
Deinacrida (terrible cricket) is the genus of giant wetas. Deinós = fearful, terrible, awful; akrídos is the genitive (possessive) case of akrís, which = 1. grasshopper, locust; 2. cricket.
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December 4, 2011