Tree Weta - Species

Species

  • Hemideina broughi West Coast bush weta - overlaps with the Wellington tree weta on the West Coast.
  • Hemideina crassidens Wellington tree weta - Wellington, the Wairarapa, the northern parts of South Island, and the West Coast.
  • Hemideina femorata Canterbury tree weta - Canterbury.
  • Hemideina maori Mountain stone weta - the drier areas of the central South Island High Country. It abandoned life in trees millions of years ago in favour of crevices and cavities under rocks.
  • Hemideina ricta Banks Peninsula tree weta - Banks Peninsula.
  • Hemideina thoracica Auckland tree weta or tokoriro - found throughout the North Island apart from the Wellington-Wairarapa region.
  • Hemideina trewicki Hawke's Bay tree weta - Hawke's Bay.

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