New Zealand Invertebrates

11005-27403 Elegant cave weta (Pleioplectron rodmorrisi) male. This strikingly beautiful and unmistakeable alpine cave weta with vey long legs, was first photographed by Rod in December 1993, on alpine bluffs above the Kahutara Saddle. Rod had previously seen the same weta at night on bluffs in the a headbasin in the Kowhai Stream Nature Reserve - in January of that same year. More recently It has also been collected on Mt Skedaddle (Organ Range), near Hanmer Springs, so its distribution may extend throughout the Seaward Kaikoura Range. Kahutara Saddle *

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11005-27403 Elegant cave weta (Pleioplectron rodmorrisi) male. This strikingly beautiful and unmistakeable alpine cave weta with vey long legs, was first photographed by Rod in December 1993, on alpine bluffs above the Kahutara Saddle. Rod had previously seen the same weta at night on bluffs in the a headbasin in the Kowhai Stream Nature Reserve - in January of that same year. More recently It has also been collected on Mt Skedaddle (Organ Range), near Hanmer Springs, so its distribution may extend throughout the Seaward Kaikoura Range. Kahutara Saddle *

27403 Cave weta mountain bluff Pleioplectron rodmorrisi North Canterbury alpine subalpine new species discovered male beautiful marked cave weta rock bluffs head Kowhai Stream Nature Reserve Mt Skedaddle Organ Range Hanmer Springs Kahutara Saddle Seaward Kaikouras