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Ground Weta

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Ground Weta. Photo by George Gibbs.


There are 36 species of Ground Weta
  • The Ground weta cannot hear you coming because it does not have ears on its front legs, like other weta
  • It is the smallest weta and lives in tunnels in the ground
  • Like the Tusked weta, the Ground weta is mainly carnivorous
  • The Ground weta looks a lot like the Tree weta but is smaller
  • It does not have spiky back legs like the Tree weta

 

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