New Zealand Invertebrates

11005-29919 Middle Mercury tusked weta (Motuweta isolata) detail, head of tusked male outside burrow at night 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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11005-29919 Middle Mercury tusked weta (Motuweta isolata) detail, head of tusked male outside burrow at night on forest floor. At 85mm long, it is our largest ground-burrowing weta, and was only discovered in 1970. Middle Mercury island *

Tusked weta detail head 29919 Motuweta isolata Middle Mercury island male tusks