These large insects occupy the same ecological niche in New Zealand, as rodents do elsewhere. What is it?
Weka
Ponga
Weta
Latia
Weta are very large by insect standards, with body length up to 10cm (4 inches). Their physical appearance is like a katydid, long-horned grasshopper, or cricket, but the hind legs are enlarged and usually very spiny.
reach: rather globalanimalsinsectsNew Zealandzoology
Answers by country
Weka
Ponga
Weta
Latia
answers
Greece
16
New Zealand
38
Republic of Ireland
14
the United States
160
Australia
62
India
165
Austria
79
Poland
2762
Pakistan
16
Italy
11
Germany
385
the United Kingdom
84
Switzerland
46
the Netherlands
10
Canada
11