11005-31213 Bluff weta (Deinacrida elegans) detail of colourful marked male on bluffs. This previously unkown species was first discovered alive in February 1988 on the Kahutara Saddle, Kaikoura *
11005-31201 Bluff weta (Deinacrida elegans) male at large 'free-ranging' in photographer's fridge. Like many of our native invertebrates, bluff weta are extremely 'cold tolerant' and this individual lived happily in the fridge for many months, until released *
11005-30408 Mahoenui giant weta (Deinacrida mahoenui) adult female on gorse flowers. The common, dark brown mahogany morph comprises 69% of the adult population. There is also a yellowish brown morph. Mahoenui *
