A real Weta - how cute

[sssssddfg22]

whats that first video

[Mikalav1]

Death it DEATH TO IT!!!!!!

[ramir332]

huge 0_0

[Deanosius]

When I was a kid, before going to school, I tried putting my shoes on which had been sitting next to the wood pile outside overnight. My foot wouldn't go inside the shoe, it felt like something big. I tipped the shoe over to have a giant Weta drop out. It hit the floor with a THUD!, and I ran like a sissy!!

[gamecollect101]

Cute weta??? Them things will chomp your nuts off!!!

[helmorockafella]

should see the bull wetas, seen one in my grandparents wood shed once faaahhrrrreeeeeeeekkaaaayyyy..­.

kinda cool looking tho all yellow an black

[toktokk666]

@helmorockafella She's a goat?

[dougie200194]

bout a month back i was at an army cadet camp and i woke up, put my boots shirt pants and all that on and when i reached for my vest thre was one of these things on it

big enough to cover my hand

[critterfreek82]

Wow, was she big! Thankfully, real wetas are generally herbivores.

[buttercow12]

spider mixed with grasshopper that ate too much chocolate

[StarOnTheWater]

They are so disgusting... I once had one on my shirt which wouldn't let go. It just harpooned itself into the fabric. I tried everything but in the end I had to take my shirt off.

Honestly they're worse than spiders! I shouldn't watch that movie...

[KN0MAAD]

My brothers and I used to climb the neighbors Pine trees all the time. It wasn't uncommon to have a few of these guys falling of branches above and landing on us.

Ha! what was that movie? I haven't seen or heard of that.

[PivotOwnageAW]

king k0ng i believe.. please someone correct me if im incorrect.

[BIG23456789]

no your right

[acraze21]

king kong

[Randymyr]

lmao, wetas are found all over

one of the wetas are actually the heaviest insect in the world :O

I always wanted one as a pet, but they're obviously not too common, lol

[mrpat1]

kill it!! kill that ugly thing god forbid

[aznredragon629]

god for bid it didnt god make it? -.-

[chillyxpress]

I found one of these one morning, picked it up and put it in my palm thinking it was dead. Turned out it was still alive, just slow moving because it was cold. So I don't hesitate picking them up anymore.

They're harmless and 99% of the time they don't bite if you pick them up. If they're gonna bite they raise their hind legs in the air.

[PivotOwnageAW]

wat about the 1%

if im bitten im goin afta u

[billizmad]

oh shit, whats the name of the movie?

[Jeedian]

Jackson's King Kong

[cikotik0]

weta wetya wetabwetawedtavsdbcakj

[herostud55]

some of these can be 8 inches big

[Jadelinepq]

we do actually have them in australia

well i found one in my bathroom

i called him Raymond

I'm to scared to touch him to get him out

so he now watches me shower

[Adventurestud]

We have a similar-looking bug in California called a Jerusalem Cricket. Yuck!

[McWiggles411]

smash it

[Showkaizer]

Damn you guys have some crazy bugs. About how big do those things get?

[iutnwli]

they range from 40mm 2 60mm and thats our only weird bug that ur countrydoesnt have

[bripird]

maybe one day theyll be big enough to attack adrien brody

[januspiet]

That's a cool weta clip. Have a look at the ones I make from copper which you will also find in the Warkworth Craft Gallery. I'm still not brave enough to pick up a real one.

[MitchmastaNZ]

Warkworth Craft Gallery? I go past that every day!

[smackledorf1]

ugly little things arent they

[ZO6]

what movie was that first scene?

[slainwolf180]

I think it was 'King Kong'

[IgnatiusJones]

Very nasty looking wee beasts and the closer you get the nastier they look and act. Quite fearless insects and will take on any sized threat. As the common Weta is often found among decaying leaves most Kiwi gardners have their own little horror stories and most fear them with passion. I did a video a few days ago featuring a smallish one.

Cheers Iggy

[BBQjust4u]

Glad we don't get them here in Australia, then. Well, to my knowledge anyway.

Yuck.

[IgnatiusJones]

They really aren't too bad, it's just they look and act so creepy.

Iggy

[5D56F]

WTF