Tree weta
The diet of tree weta : natural and captive folivory preferences of Hemideina crassidens and Hemideina thoracica : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... Tree weta are nocturnal orthoptera that spend the day in hollow branch cavities, except ...Adult tree weta often live in a harem of a single male and multiple adult females (during the summer ...
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Relationship between male head size and mating opportunity in the harem-defence, polygynous tree weta Hemideina maori (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)
... the tree weta genus Hemideina (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) is their cephalic weaponry, which is thought to be the result of sexual selection on males to aggressively defend groups of reproductive ...stone ...
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Sex- and season-dependent behaviour in a flightless insect, the Auckland tree weta (Hemideina thoracica)
... Tree weta are large-bodied (adults generally 3–6 g), flightless and nocturnal Orthopterans that seek refuge in tree cavities diurnally (Gibbs ...Because tree weta are nocturnal and ...
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Bait consumption and residual concentrations of diphacinone in the Wellington tree weta (Hemideina crassidens) (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)
... the tree weta (Hemideina crassidens) as the result of exposure to baits used for rodent control, and the potential secondary hazard to non-target species, captive weta were offered Ditrac® wax block ...
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Water loss in tree weta (Hemideina): adaptation to the montane environment and a test of the melanisation–desiccation resistance hypothesis
... Weta belonging to the genus Hemideina are large, flightless, nocturnal insects found on both main islands of New Zealand. Most Hemideina species, including H. crassidens (Blanchard 1851), H. thoracica (White 1842) ...
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Hybridization in North Island tree weta : a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology, Massey University, March 2014
... conservation. Tree weta (genus Hemideina) are an interesting natural system for studying hybridization, as some species have multiple chromosome races that can interbreed, and all are broadly parapatric ...
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Factors influencing occupancy of modified artificial refuges for monitoring the range-restricted Banks Peninsula tree weta Hemideina ricta (Anostostomatidae)
... monitoring tree weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) since 1992, but poor occupancy for Hemideina ricta and ...encourage tree weta use. Modification to a basic design of weta motel was ...
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Hybridization in North Island tree weta : a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology, Massey University, March 2014
... in tree weta due to the high level of sexual dimorphism and conspicuous male ...six tree weta studied, including in populations in the Manawatu region, so the bias found in this comparatively ...
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Physiological ecology of two tree weta species : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Zoology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... only tree weta species of the seven members of the genus in New Zealand that bridges the Cook Strait, suggesting it may have taken advantage of the lower sea levels and the relatively continuous land mass ...
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Pilot trials of secondary seed dispersal potential from tree weta frass by the endemic dung beetle, Saphobius edwardsi in the Punakaiki Coastal Restoration Project, New Zealand
... crassidens tree weta frass (Figure 7) which was more than hypothesised but must be treated with caution as only one trial with one control was conducted due to the limited resource in fresh ...using ...
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Movement patterns and gallery use by the sexually dimorphic Wellington tree weta
... Wellington tree weta, Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea: Anostostomatidae), is a large, nocturnal, flightless insect endemic to New Zealand (Hudson, 1892; Gibbs, ...by tree weta ...
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Artificial weta roosts: A technique for ecological study and population monitoring of Tree Weta (Hemideina) and other invertebrates
... Although tree weta are extremely common in the northern two-thirds of New Zealand, our knowledge of their basic ecology is ...about tree weta life-history is anecdotal or derived from ...
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Predictors of relative abundance of tree weta (Hemideina thoracica) in an urban forest remnant
... studied tree weta (Hemideina thoracica) in an urban kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides) forest remnant in Hamilton City: we estimated relative abundance of tree weta, and examined the ...
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Distribution and ecology of the Banks Peninsula tree weta, Hemideina ricta : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Ecology at Massey University
... Adult male Hemideina ricta on tree stump, Fishennans Bay, Banks Peninsula... Jacqueline Anne Townsend 1995..[r] ...
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Distribution and ecology of the Banks Peninsula tree weta, Hemideina ricta : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Ecology at Massey University
... Captive fighting When two adult females or male and female juvenile weta were in the cage together they either moved about the cage, perching in separate areas of the cage "ignoring each[r] ...
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Distribution, habitat and conservation status of Hemideina ricta and H. femorata on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
... Our survey has greatly extended the known distribution of H. ricta and as a consequence its conservation status has been downgraded to category B by the Department of Conservation (Molloy, Davis and Tisdall, 1994). ...
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Tracking tunnels: a novel method for detecting a threatened New Zealand giant weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)
... particularly weta. Previously, tracks of an adult Middle Island tusked weta (Motuweta isolata) were reported on one tracking tunnel card from a routine rodent tracking tunnel survey on Red Mercury Island ...
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Assessment of non-target impact of 1080-poisoning for vertebrate pest control on weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae) and other invertebrates in artificial refuges
... Tree weta occupying the refuges were individually marked with coloured, high-quality, fast-drying enamel nail polish or white spirit-based correction fluid applied to the back of the thorax, abdomen, and/or ...
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Identification of potential invertebrate bioindicators of restoration trajectory at a quarry site in Hunua, Auckland, New Zealand
... the weta motels, few cave weta were present, and tree weta occurred mainly in the restoration ...no tree weta, but captured many more cave weta in the mature forest ...
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Survival of adult mountain stone weta Hemideina maori (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) along an altitude gradient as determined by markrecapture
... stone weta Hemideina maori, a tree weta, is a cold-adapted New Zealand insect that shows increasing body size with increasing altitude and decreasing ...adult weta at three sites (high, medium ...
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