Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Mercury Island tusked weta

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

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