Largest insect
Little Barrier Island giant weta
The giant weta native to the Little Barrier Island of New Zealand (Deinacrida heteracantha) proudly bears the name of the heaviest and largest adult insect in the world, the record weight for one being of 71 grammes or 2.5 oz and more than 8.5 centimeters or 3.4 inches in length. A relative of the grasshopper and of the common house cricket, the giant weta is nowadays a vulnerable species.
Thank goodness I don't have any of these guys in my yard...or worse, in my house! What a nightmare that would be!
Coffee on the patio this morning.
