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Deinacrida rugosa (Cook Strait giant weta)

Wikipedia Abstract

Deinacrida rugosa, commonly called the Cook Strait giant weta or Stephens Island weta, is a species of insect in the family Anostostomatidae. The scientific name Deinacrida means "terrible grasshopper" and rugosa means "wrinkled". It is endemic to New Zealand.
View Wikipedia Record: Deinacrida rugosa

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Deinacrida rugosa

Prey / Diet

Coprosma repens (creeping mirrorplant)[1]
Daucus carota (bird's nest)[1]
Macropiper excelsum[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Sphenodon punctatus (Tuatara)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 2FEEDING ECOLOGY OF THE TUATARA (SPHENODON PUNCTATUS) ON STEPHENS ISLAND, COOK STRAIT, G. Y. WALLS, New Zealand Journal of Ecology 4: 89-97
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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