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1. Giant weta – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

   

   Giant weta are several species of weta in the genus Deinacrida of the family Anostostomatidae. Giant weta are endemic to New Zealand, and are examples of island …

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2. Weta – Wikipedia, the free encyclo

THE GIANT WETA

The Weta looks like a long-horned grasshopper or a cricket, but the hind legs are enlarged and usually very spiny. Many are wingless.

Giant wetas are species of weta in the genus Deinacrida of the family Anostostomatidae. Giant wetas are endemic to New Zealand,  and are examples of island gigantism. Island gigantism or insular giantism is a biological phenomenon in which the size of animals isolated on an island increases dramatically in comparison to their mainland relatives.

There are 11 species of giant weta, most of which are larger than other weta, despite the latter already being large by insect standards.

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Mail Online

Meet the world’s heaviest insect, which weighs three times more than a mouse… and eats carrots

• New Zealand’s giant weta is the heaviest insect in the world and this one is the largest ever recorded

By Jessica Satherley

Last updated at 9:02 AM on 2nd December 2011

Mark Moffett’s find is the world’s biggest insect in terms of weight, which at 71g is heavier than a sparrow and three times that of a mouse.

Big appetite: A former park ranger from America found the heaviest ever recorded giant weta on New Zealand’s Little Barrier Island and fed her this carrot out of his hand

Various species: There are over 70 types of Weta species in New Zealand but the giant weta has been named the biggest insect in the world because of its weight

WORLD’S LARGEST INSECT

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