garden friend

[Cassie]

i was covering the grapes so the birds don't em and this lil fella was sleeping under a leaf ... gave me a bit of a fright but i do love em.
Its a male weta and their name is derrived from 'wetapunga' which means 'god of ugly things'

[Stonehenge]

I'm not sure of the species but looks like a cricket of some sort. Do they eat bugs or grapes?

[jonah]

they're really interesting.  nz has all kinds of really neat animals, apparently.
do you know if that's one of the kind that eats other insects?

//http://www.kcc.org.nz/animals/weta/treeweta.asp


they look awesome!

-j.