Wetapunga

Classification:

A wetapunga is an endangered insect that has been transferred to places in New Zealand. A weta can weigh up to three mice and a female weta can grow about the size of a sparrow. The Wetapunga is the heaviest of the eleven giant Weta species.

Description:

A Wetapunga has six legs, a large head, with no nose. But it has palps and palps are on the wetas jaw. They look like paddles.  The Weta has antena twice as long as it's body.

Location/habitat:

The Wetapunga has been here since the dinosaurs ages. They live in New Zealand but they are going extinct so some people are sending them to different islands to survive. The Wetapunga Has been sent to four island.

Dynamics:

The Wetapunga has massive droppings that fertilize the ground. The Weta is also nocturnal, so they sleep during the day and come out at night. Female Weta lay over 300 eggs.I think that we need to protect this special species so people after us can now how much they mean to the earth. I refuse to let the Wetapunga go extinct because they have been here since dinosaur ages. They can be here for much longer so we can not let them die now.