Photo 176815388, (c) Chris Chadwick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chris Chadwick

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What

Banks Peninsula Tree Weta (Hemideina ricta)

Observer

chrisc

Date

January 8, 2022 08:05 AM NZDT

Description

Observed under lombardy poplar log in wood pile under poplars.
Colouring quite uniformly golden brown with almost no striping which, based on available images, seems to confirm Banks Peninsula species rather than Canterbury.
A handsome specimen which avoided crawling on to my hand.

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