Dinosaur Insect - Giant Weta

The heaviest insect and biggest grasshopper in the world is the Giant Weta, a dinosaur insect is unique to New Zealand and primarily found on it's offshore islands. Their genus name Deinacrids translates in Greek to "Terrible Grasshopper". The beast bugs are often called the dinosaur of the insect world having not changed much over the last 100 million years.There are 11 species of giant Weta and they can be up to 4 inches long not including their legs & antennae and weigh up to 1.25oz roughly the weight of an average golf ball. They are so heavy these insects they can't even jump. The Little Barrier Island Giant Weta AKA: Wetapunga is the largest of the weta species. One domesticated female grew to 70 g which is heavier than a sparrow. She was one of the worlds heaviest recorded insects ever. Subscribe for Wildlife News & Talk - http://tiny.cc/2byriw Let's Connect -- http://www.facebook.com/epicwildlife -- http://gplus.to/epicwildlife -- http://www.twitter.com/epicwildlife -- http://www.pinterest.com/epicwildlife -- http://www.epicadamwildlife.com/ -- Secret Insect Spy Drones http://youtu.be/KMI7HIhKdIo -- Worlds Deadliest Scorpion http://youtu.be/xb-0999E6qE -- Gian Isopod Alien Creature http://youtu.be/peFkvVlh39U -- Giant Bird Eating Spider http://youtu.be/ri5BQdURq9k Royalty Free Music & Sound freesfx.co.uk

Comments

1. Weta a.k.a cricket on steroids!
2. Once stepped on a dead one and it hurt
3. hello in new Zealand newspaper
4. What is the music?
5. never shows a video of one that big it just shows the pictures
6. Of course it can fly, because why not?
7. I puked when watching this
8. Ewwww
9. We have them in Auckland newzealand and they are really scary and we have a small hole in are garage where they live and my ead feeds them lettuce and stuff like that's and I hate it
10. NOPE
    O P
    P O
    EPON
11. potato audio
12. Que bosta véi... Sò colocou foto nessa porra...
13. How about VIDEOS, man, rather than stills!
14. NEW ZEALANDS THE BEST EVER
15. I preffer big insects. Easier to cuddle and harder to lost them.
16. I was stacking wood for winter outside a few years ago and I felt this weird prickly feeling on my leg. To my horror I found one crawling up my leg, it scared the crap out of me and I came back later and checked for it before I started stacking again.
17. i saw one yesterday in the lab....
    
    on mortal kombat X XD
    
    in a 'game' lab XDDD
18. I WANT ONE :D
19. At 00:15 they show a photo of a toy. How stupid do they think we are?
20. i saw one yesterday in my room and im in australia