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
37
Republic of Ireland
13
the United States
146
Australia
62
India
165
Austria
79
Poland
2729
Pakistan
16
Italy
11
Germany
367
the United Kingdom
83
Switzerland
43
Canada
11