New Zealand: Waitakere – Weta in New Zealand
By glenda. Filed in History, National and State Parks, Nature, Travel, Walking Tour |
Look closely and you can see a live Weta which lives at the Arataki Visitor Centre in Waitakere NZ. Wetas are so old that they have outlived the dinosaurs. They’ve hardly changed in 100 million years. They are nocturnal and are among the heaviest insects in the world. There are about 100 different varieties of Weta in New Zealand.
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