Deinacrida heteracantha, also known as the Little Barrier giant wētā or wētāpunga (Māori: wētāpunga), is a wētā in the order Orthoptera and family Anostostomatidae...

Deinacrida heteracantha, Little Barrier Island giant wētā Deinacrida mahoenui, Mahoenui giant wētā Deinacrida parva, Kaikoura giant wētā Deinacrida pluvialis...

legs and antennae, and weigh about 20–30 g. A captive giant wētā (Deinacrida heteracantha) filled with eggs reached a record 70 g, making it one of the heaviest...

adult insect is 71 g (2.5 oz) for a gravid female giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha, although it is likely one of the elephant beetles, Megasoma elephas...

Deinacrida connectens, often referred to as the alpine scree wētā, is one of New Zealand's largest alpine invertebrates and is a member of the Anostostomatidae...

species-rich order of organisms. Although heavyweight giant wetas (Deinacrida heteracantha) are known, the elephant beetles of Central and South America,...

Deinacrida fallai or the Poor Knights giant wētā is a species of insect in the family Anostostomatidae. It is endemic to the Poor Knights Islands off northern...

specimens collected on Ōtata and Motuhoropapa. The giant wētā Deinacrida heteracantha or wētāpunga, bred in captivity at Auckland Zoo since 2012, has...

endemic insect species, the ground beetle Mecodema haunoho, and Deinacrida heteracantha, also known as the Little Barrier giant wētā. Kākāpō (night parrots)...

and movement patterns of a threatened New Zealand giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha (Anostostomatidae: Orthoptera)." Journal of Orthoptera Research...