http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weta
- Weta is a common name for 70 species in the families anostostomatidae and rhaphidophoridae.
- The English word (Weta) is borrowed from the Maori language.
- The Maori-derived plural Weta occurs in New Zealand.
- While the anglicized plural wetas is generally used elsewhere.
- Many weta’s are very large compared to some insects.
- Many Weta are large by insect standards and some species are among the largest and heaviest in the world able to fly.
- Some weta’s are wingless and they are different from other weta’s.
- They are nocturnal, and all New Zealand species are flightless and some wetas are wingless too.
- Different weta’s have different diets (Food type).
- Weta’s can bite with powerful mandibles.