Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Subfamily: Macropathinae
Genus: Macropathini
The small male weta photographed below is a bush species, not a troglophile (cave dweller). This species seeks out dark, humid habitats, in the bush under stones, dead leaves or loose bark and it may dig holes in the ground.
Photographed in a bushy urban area New Plymouth under a plywood sheet lying against a wall. Body length 16 mm (without legs and antenna)
Male
Hind leg.
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