Huge Bug Thought to be Extinct Found in New Zealand by Chad love
Live bait anglers, prepare to get Crocodile Dundee'd, because this cricket is bigger than your sorry cricket. "You call that live bait? Now here's some live bait!" An explorer has found the biggest insect ever on record - so large it can scoff a carrot. She's called a Weta Bug and has a huge wing span of SEVEN inches and weighs as much as three mice. Renowned entomologist Mark Moffett, 55, discovered the cricket-like creature up a tree on New Zealand's Little Barrier Island.
He spent two days searching for the creepy crawly which were thought to
be extinct after Europeans brought rats to the island many years ago. American
Mark, 53, said: "Three of us walked the trails of this small island for two
nights scanning the vegetation for a giant weta.
"We spent many hours with no luck finding any at all, before we saw her
up in a tree. "The giant weta is the largest insect in the world, and this is
the biggest one ever found. "She enjoyed the carrot so much she seemed to ignore
the fact she was resting on our hands and carried on munching away. "She would
have finished the carrot very quickly, but this is an extremely endangered
species and we didn't want to risk indigestion.
"After she had chewed a little I took this picture and we put her right
back where we found her." Mark, from Colorado, added: "We bug lovers hear a lot
of people who think insects are inferior in some way because of their size, so
it was great to see such a big insect. "This became all the more amazing when we
realised that this was the largest insect recorded."
Does anyone make a 14/0 cricket hook?
be extinct after Europeans brought rats to the island many years ago. American
Mark, 53, said: "Three of us walked the trails of this small island for two
nights scanning the vegetation for a giant weta.
"We spent many hours with no luck finding any at all, before we saw her
up in a tree. "The giant weta is the largest insect in the world, and this is
the biggest one ever found. "She enjoyed the carrot so much she seemed to ignore
the fact she was resting on our hands and carried on munching away. "She would
have finished the carrot very quickly, but this is an extremely endangered
species and we didn't want to risk indigestion.
"After she had chewed a little I took this picture and we put her right
back where we found her." Mark, from Colorado, added: "We bug lovers hear a lot
of people who think insects are inferior in some way because of their size, so
it was great to see such a big insect. "This became all the more amazing when we
realised that this was the largest insect recorded."
Does anyone make a 14/0 cricket hook?
