Poor Knights weta  (Deinacrida fallai)

Range

Confined to the Poor Knights group of islands, New Zealand, after which it is named. Common on the two main islands, Tawhiti Rahi and Aorangi, and a faecal pellet confirmed to be from a species of giant weta has been found on Archway Island (4).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

This species is primarily arboreal but also frequently ventures to the ground, where it lays its eggs (4).

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