![Habitat use, Behavior and Movement Patterns of a Threatened New Zealand Giant Weta, Deinacrida heteracantha (Anostostomatidae: Orthoptera) Habitat use, Behavior and Movement Patterns of a Threatened New Zealand Giant Weta, Deinacrida heteracantha (Anostostomatidae: Orthoptera)](https://bioone.org/ContentImages/Journals/orth/20/1/034.020.0112/graphic/f01_127.jpg)
Habitat use, Behavior and Movement Patterns of a Threatened New Zealand Giant Weta, Deinacrida heteracantha (Anostostomatidae: Orthoptera)
![The little barrier giant weta (Deinacrida heteracantha) or wetapunga is the largest insect in the world, this cricket is found in New Zealand Stock Photo - Alamy The little barrier giant weta (Deinacrida heteracantha) or wetapunga is the largest insect in the world, this cricket is found in New Zealand Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2P59FA3/the-little-barrier-giant-weta-deinacrida-heteracantha-or-wetapunga-is-the-largest-insect-in-the-world-this-cricket-is-found-in-new-zealand-2P59FA3.jpg)
The little barrier giant weta (Deinacrida heteracantha) or wetapunga is the largest insect in the world, this cricket is found in New Zealand Stock Photo - Alamy
Butterfly Creek - The largest species of giant weta is the Little Barrier Island giant weta, also known as the wetapunga. Keep an eye out for this big guy at Butterfly Creek!
![Bless international Giant Weta Eating A Carrot, Little Barrier Island, New Zealand - Single Picture Frame Photograph on Framed Canvas | Wayfair Bless international Giant Weta Eating A Carrot, Little Barrier Island, New Zealand - Single Picture Frame Photograph on Framed Canvas | Wayfair](https://secure.img1-cg.wfcdn.com/im/18056820/compr-r85/4202/42022400/giant-weta-eating-a-carrot-little-barrier-island-new-zealand-single-picture-frame-photograph-on-framed-canvas.jpg)
Bless international Giant Weta Eating A Carrot, Little Barrier Island, New Zealand - Single Picture Frame Photograph on Framed Canvas | Wayfair
![dailyanimalfwd: Meet the world's heaviest insect, which weighs three times more than a mouse... and eats carrots dailyanimalfwd: Meet the world's heaviest insect, which weighs three times more than a mouse... and eats carrots](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Crphr-HQwc/TtgLwU9JJXI/AAAAAAAAI-Y/n2l--jc14Uc/s1600/Meet%2Bthe%2Bworld%2527s%2Bheaviest%2Binsect%2Bwhich%2Bweighs%2Bthree%2Btimes%2Bmore%2Bthan%2Ba%2Bmouse%2Beats%2Bcarrots%2B2.jpg)
dailyanimalfwd: Meet the world's heaviest insect, which weighs three times more than a mouse... and eats carrots
![Delightfully horrific': wētā motels proliferate as New Zealand falls in love with the giant insect | New Zealand | The Guardian Delightfully horrific': wētā motels proliferate as New Zealand falls in love with the giant insect | New Zealand | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d70678ccf90c7d916583dfcd2530664766745048/0_46_1263_758/master/1263.jpg?width=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=04f6595b31aa070716842e57a77e3267)