New Zealand Invertebrates

11005-29906 Middle Mercury tusked weta (Motuweta isolata) two tusked males fighting over ownership of a burrow on forest floor. At 85mm long, it is our largest ground-burrowing weta, and was only discovered in 1970. Middle Mercury island *

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11005-29906 Middle Mercury tusked weta (Motuweta isolata) two tusked males fighting over ownership of a burrow on forest floor. At 85mm long, it is our largest ground-burrowing weta, and was only discovered in 1970. Middle Mercury island *

tusked weta Motuweta isolata 29906 Middle Mercury island males fighting