New Zealand Insects

New Zealand has many interesting insects and most of those are only found only here, including the world's heaviest insect, the Giant Weta.

The Poor Knights Cave Weta, only found in the Poor Knights Islands, grows to 450mm (body only 50mm). New Zealand also has the shortest and longest weevil.

The extinct Huia bird had it's own louse that was lost when it became extinct. This species was only discovered recently on the skins of Huia specimens.

We will also include spiders in this section for now.

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Weta insect of New ZealandGiant bush dragonfly of New Zealand
Metalic Green Ground Beetle insect of New Zealand
Weta
Carabidae © NHC
The following photos © generously provided by Steve Reekie
Spider and praying mantis insects of New Zealand
Stick insect - Attributes of two species
Praying mantis insects of New Zealand
Spider & praying mantis
Dragonfly damselfly insects of New Zealand
African (top) & New Zealand Preying mantis
Cicada insects of New Zealand
Blue Damselfly (Kekewai) Largest of six NZ species of damselfly
Snail and slater wood louse insects of New Zealand
Garden snail and slater
Earwig and eggs insects of New Zealand
Chorus Cicada - Amphipsalta zealandica
Grasshopper insects of New Zealand
Earwig
Fly insects of New Zealand
Grasshopper
Four spined weevil insects of New Zealand
A fly
Tunnelweb spider of New Zealand
Four Spined Weevil - Scolopterus sp
Giraffe weevil insects of New Zealand
Tunnelweb spider (female) - Porrhethele antipodiana
Giraffe Weevil
Fly insects of New Zealand
Green vegetable bug insects of New Zealand
Gadfly
Green Vegetable Bug
Stick insects of New Zealand
Dragonfly damselfly insects of New Zealand
Kekewai
Spiny Stick Insect
Hahoe moth insects of New Zealand
Mayfly insects of New Zealand
Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera)
Mahoe Stripper - Feredayia graminosa