Cave Weta
Photo by Dru Burger
Gymnoplectron acanthocerum Milligan
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Size range
- Large insects, length of body plus legs and antennae can be 350 mm
Distribution
- New Zealand natives
- In caves and other dark places
Life History
- Feed on plants, fungi amd sometimes other insects
- Active at night
- Harmless to humans
