11005-31220 Bluff weta (Deinacrida elegans) male on bluffs at dusk. This previously unkown species was first discovered alive in February 1988 on the Kahutara Saddle, Kaikoura, where this photograph was taken *
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 *
