http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22361/54430-largest-insects-planet-earth/2
I didn't know they were this big! I'd need a gun to live here!
Caution>>>ginormous bug.
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OMG! A giant weta! (picture)
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OMG! That is one huge and ugly bug! Yikes!!!
Posted 3 years ago by SylMiaFelixMomma #
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Awww I have a soft spot for lizards and grasshopper like creatures lol. Cats are more cuddly though lol
Posted 3 years ago by spacecatsgarden #
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I get the feeling you thought KK and I were joking about the wetas. Well, we were, that is the Giant Weta and not normally found in and around the house. The ones we get are a smaller version, the biggest I've faced was maybe about 2" in length and a much smaller body. They can't bite but will nibble/suck but you won't ever get close enough to let them do that. They are ugly but harmless.
Posted 3 years ago by Moonshadow_NZ #
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OK it is offical; I am not going to New Zealand! I am sure I will miss out on lots of terrific things and great people but I cannot get past a bug that is bigger than my hand!!
Posted 3 years ago by frostynkobismom #
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The one picture reminds me of a Jerusalem Cricket. For those who don't know what a Jerusalem Cricket is, here is a picture of me holding one in my hand:
Posted 3 years ago by owlwatcher_974 #
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wow i would never hold that bug in my hands ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yucky just like spiders ewwwwwwwwww do not like bugs at all
Posted 3 years ago by neelaANDcharlie #
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I haven't seen one for months, having said that and with Mr MS working out of town I expect to be seeing them again. Murphy's Law will kick in, so I guess I'll brush the dust off the long handled BBQ tongs in preparation for evicting any Weta that I do find. I pruned the grape vines hesitantly last week because that is where I normally find them, but nothing.
Posted 3 years ago by Moonshadow_NZ #
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I stand up and admit I am a weenie when it comes to bugs!!!!
Posted 3 years ago by AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew #
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i am with you sista
Posted 3 years ago by neelaANDcharlie #
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wimp *suck thumb* me am wimp
Posted 3 years ago by neelaANDcharlie #
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Big as they are it could be worse.
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/11/20/giant-scorpion.html
Posted 3 years ago by ailuromaniac #
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No bugs on me, thanks. You are a brave soul ow to hold THAT in your hand. Ewwwwwwwwwwwww.
Posted 3 years ago by artistabobbi TX 1/17 #
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I can't do bugs. I freak out over spiders. I hate hate hate bugs.
I can only handle ladybugs that's it.Posted 3 years ago by cricketsmama #
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Now, see, I like wetas. They can't fly, they can only jump. I admit I squeal if I stick my hand in the letterbox and bring the mail out with a weta on it (or when I, for some reason, sat on the verandah chair at night and a weta jumped on my knee) but if I find one in the house, I have to rescue it, and one used to live in the hole in my bathroom ceiling. They are ugly, as KK says, but they don't do anything mean or eat anything inappropriate in the garden. I do find dead ones (courtesy of Libby) round the place occasionally and I feel quite sad and guilty. People, we have no snakes, only one venomous spider (that is so rare you'll never see it and its bite can't kill you anyway), no venomous insects, no predators (the only native NZ land mammal is a tiny bat) apart from household pets, rats and stoats and people, all introduced. We are a land of birds and fascinating (smallish, non-harmful) reptiles and harmless insects. COME ON OVER! Unless you like thrusting your hand in hedges on a regular basis, you'll probably have to work pretty darn hard to even spot a weta! As for the giant weta, you'll probably have to get a govt permit and take a boat trip to an offshore island to get anywhere near one of those...!
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jcat, god love you...I feel guilty about killing spiders but not for long. I have such a fear of them.
You have a good heart.Posted 3 years ago by cricketsmama #
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jcat I try so hard to love all God's creatures but the crawly ones make me run out of the room. I loved the Lord of the Rings movies that were filmed in NZ; the scenery was amazing. Every single person I have ever met from NZ has been most interesing and kind - maybe one day I will forget I ever saw the giant weta, but I doubt it - I will try.
Posted 3 years ago by frostynkobismom #
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Frostynkobismom, believe me, I have lived here, on and off, for *ahem* (a lot of) years and I have never seen a giant weta (apart from in photos or on telly) and never expect to. Please try. We would love to see you here. Peter Jackson's country mansion (used to be an old farmhouse) is about 15 minutes down the road from me, and his favourite restaurant to take Hollywood stars to is in a lovely nearby country town. It's worth the wetas!
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Weta's are a rareish sight in NZ. In fact NZ is one of the safest countries on the planet. No snakes, no major poisonous spiders (maybe one) and very few diseases (I think meningitis is the worst). I'm going to miss my safe home, being in Brazil I'm seeing some weird creatures that freak me out. Weta's are nothing :)
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When MrKK moved to NZ from the USA 22 years ago a friend and I convinced him that wets were the size of cats and ate small birds - he believed us!
Posted 3 years ago by KapitiKats in NZ #
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