Ground Weta

 

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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