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World Records of the Animal Kingdom.

 
 

Little Barrier Island Weta

 
   
   

The World's Heaviest Insect

   
Common: Little Barrier Island Weta Scientific: Deinacrida heteracantha
Origin: New Zealand Other Names: Giant Weta, Wetapunga
   
A female  Little Barrier Island Weta has been weighed in at 71 grams, making this the World's heaviest insect.

Body length is up to 90 mm.

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