Facts about the Weta

Here is a link if you want to find information about the Weta.
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.