ARKive - Cook Strait giant weta - Deinacrida rugosa- species related by group

Species that have a similar taxonomy to the Cook Strait giant weta (Deinacrida rugosa)

Poor Knights weta (Deinacrida fallai)
The Poor Knights weta is one of over 100 large, flightless insects belonging to the weta family (Stenopelmatidae), all of which are endemic... More 3 Images 0 videos
Navajo Jerusalem cricket (Stenopelmatus navajo)
Information on the Navajo Jerusalem cricket is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 videos
Kelso giant sand treader cricket (Macrobaenetes kelsoensis)
Information on the Kelso giant sand treader cricket is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Lompoc grasshopper (Trimerotropis occulens)
Information on the Lompoc grasshopper is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 6 Images 0 videos
Windbalea (Windbalea viride)
Information on Windbalea viride is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Coachella giant sand treader cricket (Macrobaenetes valgum)
Information on the Coachella giant sand treader cricket is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 videos
Zayante band-winged grasshopper (Trimerotropis infantilis)
Information on the Zayante band-winged grasshopper (Trimerotropis infantilis) is currently being researched and written and will appear here... More 4 Images 0 videos
Throscodectes (Throscodectes xederoides)
Information on Throscodectes xederoides is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Onconotus (Onconotus servillei)
Information on Onconotus servillei is currently being researched and written and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 videos
Odontopodisma (Odontopodisma montana)
Information on Odontopodisma montana is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Scaly cricket (Pseudomogoplistes vicentae)
First recorded in Britain in 1949, this species is small, with a chestnut brown to grey body and pale legs, which are covered with minute... More 6 Images 0 videos
Common field grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
This is probably the most frequently seen grasshopper; it is fairly large and occurs in a very wide range of colours including green, brown... More 23 Images 4 Videos
Field cricket (Gryllus campestris)
The field cricket is an impressive insect with a black body and wings that resemble intricate wrought iron work. The wing colour is dark... More 6 Images 2 Videos
Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)
Information on the desert locust is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 21 Images 0 videos
Gangling grasshopper (Truxalis procera)
Information on the gangling grasshopper is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Predatory bush cricket (Saga pedo)
The predatory bush cricket possesses not only the title of the largest grasshopper in Europe, but also the largest insect on the continent... More 18 Images 0 videos
Mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
This is our largest native orthopteran and one of our most impressive and unusual looking insects. The scientific name derives from the... More 10 Images 3 Videos
Wart-biter cricket (Decticus verrucivorus)
The wart-biter cricket is a large, dark green bush-cricket, often with dark brown blotches on the pronotum and wings. A keel is present on... More 9 Images 4 Videos
Large marsh grasshopper (Stethophyma grossum)
This species is the largest grasshopper in Great Britain. It is normally vivid greenish yellow or olive brown in colour, and a purple... More 3 Images 0 videos
Big Pine Key Conehead Katydid (Belocephalus micanopy)
Information on Belocephalus micanopy is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 videos
Grasshopper (Pseudosphingonotus savignyi)
Information on Pseudosphingonotus savignyi is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 videos
Miramella (Miramella irena)
Information on Miramella irena is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Isophya (Isophya harzi)
Information on Isophya harzi is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 videos
Grasshopper (Scintharista notabilis)
Information on Scintharista notabilis is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Ball's monkey grasshopper (Eumorsea balli)
Information on the Ball's monkey grasshopper (Eumorsea balli) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 videos
Baetica (Baetica ustulata)
Information on Baetica ustulata is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Keys Scaly Cricket (Cycloptilum irregularis)
Information on the Cycloptilum irregularis is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Metrioptera (Metrioptera domogledi)
Information on Metrioptera domogledi is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 videos
Throscodectes (Throscodectes xiphos)
Information on Throscodectes xiphos is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Stenobothrus (Stenobothrus eurasius)
Information on Stenobothrus eurasius is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 5 Images 0 videos

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