Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Orthoptera > Anostostomatidae > Hemideina > Hemideina thoracica

Hemideina thoracica (Common tree weta)

Synonyms: Deinacrida thoracica; Hemideina attenuata; Hemideina huttoni; Hemideina nitens

Prey / Diet

Agathis australis (Kauri pine)[1]
Coprosma repens (creeping mirrorplant)[1]
Myoporum laetum (myoporum)[1]
Pseudowintera colorata[1]

Predators

Ninox novaeseelandiae (Morepork)[2]
Rattus exulans (Polynesian rat)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Gordionus diblastus <Unverified Name>[4]
Wetanema hula[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 2The diet of moreporks (Ninox novaeseelandiae) in relation to prey availability, and their roost site characteristics and breeding success on Ponui Island, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand., Kirsty Marie Denny, A thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Ecology at Massey University, Albany New Zealand. (2009)
♦ 3OBSERVATIONS ON FOODS OF KIORE (RATTUS EXULANS) FOUND IN HUSKING STATIONS ON NORTHERN OFFSHORE ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND, D. J. CAMPBELL, H. MOLLER, G. W. RAMSAY and J. C. WAIT, New Zealand Journal of Ecology 7: 131-138 (1984)
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0