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Deinacrida mahoenui, Mahoenui giant weta
Subject: Deinacrida mahoenui, Mahoenui giant weta
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DOC MGW in the hand - Deinacrida mahoenui, Mahoenui giant weta.jpg
Resolution: 1600x1200 File Size: 888041 Bytes Date: 2004:03:12 10:05:32 Camera: E5700 (NIKON) F number: f/5.0 Exposure: 10/2901 sec Focal Length: 237/10 Upload Date: 2017:02:13 01:15:55

Deinacrida mahoenui, Mahoenui giant weta


A Mahoenui giant wētā, showing the common dark mahogany colouration. From its ovipositor it is clearly female.

Description
English: Large female Mahoenui giant wētā (Deinacrida mahoenui) being handled, dark-brown phase.
Date 12 March 2004, 10:05:32
Source New Zealand Department of Conservation http://www.doc.govt.nz/
Author Amanda Haigh
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DOC_MGW_in_the_hand.jpg

The Mahoenui giant wētā (Deinacrida mahoenui) is a flightless insect in the giant wētā family Anostostomatidae. It is endemic to the area of Mahoenui, New Zealand, and the world population for some time was restricted to a single patch of introduced gorse on farmland. Order: Orthoptera, Family: Anostostomatidae, Genus: Deinacrida, Species: Deinacrida mahoenui Gibbs, 1999.

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