Critter of the Week: Takapo ground weta

From the collecton Critter of the Week

This week's critter is an endangered weta that only lives in the silty river margins of the Mackenzie Basin. The small, cute and elusive Takapo ground weta, Hemiandrus 'furoviarius', digs itself a burrow to lay its eggs in and tough out the extreme heat and cold of the Basin.

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