Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Te hura

Pare - giant centipede

Pare - giant centipede

Ingoa Māori: hara, hura

Ingoa Pākehā: giant centipede

Ingoa pūtaiao: Cormocephalus rubriceps (Newport); pūtoi = Chilopoda; whānau = Scolopendridae

  • he pepeke māori nō Aotearoa. Kitea ai i Te Ika a Māui me ōna moutere e pātata ana, heoi anō, he maha ake rātou i te raki. Kei Ahitereiria anō hoki ētahi;
  • tērā ka tipu kia 160 mm te roa, kia 10 mm te whānui;
  • huna ai ki raro i ngā poro rākau, ki ngā rau rānei kua tau ki te whenua;
  • he kai kiko te hura, ā, ka kurutēhia, he werowerohia tana kai ki ana kauwae whakamataku;
  • ka mamae tonu ki te ngaua koe e te hura, engari kāore koe e raru i tana paitini.


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