New Zealand Invertebrates

DSC_6705 Wellington tree weta (Hemideina crassidens) male on stream bank, parasitised by gordian worm, which can be seen leaving its body to enter nearby stream. Knots of gordian worms are also visible in the stream behind the weta *

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