Mercury Island tusked weta
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Motuweta isolata Johns
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Anostostomatidae
Size range
- Body length 60 mm
Distribution
- Native species, only discovered in 1970 on Mercury Islands
Life History
- Eat insects
- Tusks on mature males used for fighting and making sounds