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Weta

Genus:  Hemideina Crassidens

Size:  6.3cm
 
Notes:  Lives in rotting tree trunks which lie on the floor of the forest. Its eggs are laid in April and hatch out in December. Adults feed on succulent parts of plants and bark but also eat decaying vegetation and are occasionally cannibals.
   



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