Weta Report
Classification
A Weta is a insect that outlived the dinosaurs and is still going strong…....Well, a little bit weaker……... The reason why they're going weaker is because of..........Us! We have been destroying habitats and Introducing new species and if you think it’s a good thing it’s not. it’s a bad
thing.....Weasels,Stoats,Possums,Rats,Mice,Cats (etc) are killing off native wildlife and they actually already have! They would have never stood a chance against these introduced species!...Ok I may have calmed down…... The weta is in two kinds of families,Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae. Here’s their full scientific classification: Kingdom:Animalia. Phylum:Arthropoda. Class:Insecta. Order:Orthoptera. Suborder:Ensifera. Superfamily:Stenopelmatoidea,Rhaphidophoroidea Family:Anostostomatidae,Rhaphidophoroidea.
Description:Wetas have spiny legs,and they have long hairy antennae,they also molt,they have a exoskeleton,they have hard outer armour,they have their ears on their front knees! (their ears are slightly sunken oval patches),their mouths are small but their jaws are strong. They don’t have a nose and have very bad eyesight,If a Weta breaks a antenna(,) it will grow a new one,Weta always keep anntennae clean,Weta make noises they are calling to some other Wetas,and when they are ANGRY or frightened,Cave weta have no ears and also make no sounds.
Location:Only in New Zealand
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