Giant weta

September 2011

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September 2011

Cook Strait Giant weta, Mana Island, Wellington
Where to go to spot more of New Zealand’s largest native insect The thunderstorm unleashed its force with unexpected ferocity. One moment we had been in sun on the curious granite jumble of Kahurangi’s Lead Hills; the next we were pulling on coats in a downpour of such impunity that it was like sudden immersion. […]
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