DSC_9014 West Coast giant forest weta (Hemideina broughi) dead female killed by the entomopathogenic Sugar icing fungus (Beauvaria bassiana) and discovered by Rod on Mount Rochfort in February 2012, during the Bioblitz organised by Forest and Bird to 'Save Denniston Plateau' *
11005-31419 Mount Cook Giant weta (Deinacrida pluvialis) occurs near the tops of the Southern Alps. It has a patchy distribution, which includes Mt Alexander, Mt Cook, Mt Aspiring (head of the Matukituki River) and Homer Tunnel. It lives in in high rainfall mountain areas in snow tussock and sub alpine shrub communities where there is loose rock for cover. 700-1400m asl. Prices Basin, Whitcombe Valley *
11005-31604 Mole weta (Deinacrida talpa) female in underground burrow. Discovered in January 1994 and known from only a few specimans, these short-legged, moderately sized burrowing, alpine giant weta are confined to the central region of the Paparoa Range where they tunnel beneath carpet grass (Chionochloa australis). No other giant weta dig their own burrows in the soil. 800-1400m asl. Mount Faraday, Paparoa Range *
