New Zealand Invertebrates

11005-29022 Takitimu ground weta (Hemiandrus sp.) a female displaying aggressively. Ground weta usually only emerge from burrows on dark, warm, humid nights to forage on fruits and invertebrates. Studies in Fiordland have shown ground weta to be the most vulnerable invertebrate to stoat predation

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11005-29022 Takitimu ground weta (Hemiandrus sp.) a female displaying aggressively. Ground weta usually only emerge from burrows on dark, warm, humid nights to forage on fruits and invertebrates. Studies in Fiordland have shown ground weta to be the most vulnerable invertebrate to stoat predation

ground weta weta 29022 Takitimu Hemiandrus sp.female vulnerable invertebrate stoat predation