Mark Moffett / Giant Weta (Deinacrida heteracantha) female held by researcher Mike Meades, this largest Weta species is found only on Little Barrier Island, New Zealand Weta in hand, New Zealand

Mark Moffett / Giant Weta (Deinacrida heteracantha) female being fed a carrot by researcher Mike Meades, Little Barrier Island, New Zealand

Juergen Freund / White-kneed king cricket (Penalva flavocalceata), Queensland, Australia.

Chien Lee / Cricket (Spizaphilus sp) male showing elongated mandibles, Andasibe, Madagascar

Brent Stephenson / Two male Hawkes Bay tree wetas (Hemideina trewicki) revealed under the bark of a Kanuka tree (Kunzea ericoides) one partially obscured, Silver Range, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, September.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Ground weta (Hemiandrus onokis) female. Hanmer Springs, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, February. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Ground weta (Hemiandrus onokis) female. Hanmer Springs, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, female. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Ground weta (Hemiandrus madisylvestris) female. Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand, February. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Raukumara tusked weta (Motuweta riparia) male. Found only along the banks of forested, slow-flowing streams. Males posses curved tusks on their mandibles, which are used for fighting. Little Manganuku...

Brent Stephenson / Adult New Zealand kaka (Nestor meridionalis) feeding on a Weta (Hemideina) which it is holding in its left foot. Little Barrier Island, Auckland, New Zealand, September. Endangered species.

Piotr Naskrecki / Marmorated Predaceous Cricket (Anabropsis marmorata), Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Weta (Henicus sp), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa