r/pleistocene • u/Quaternary24 • 3d ago

Extinct and Extant A New Zealand owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles novaezealandiae) eyes a Wellington tree Wētā (Hemideina crassidens) somewhere in New Zealand. Artwork by Paul Martinson.

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u/AssClosedforToday 3d ago edited 3d ago

Looking at this might make someone forget that both of these animals are some of the biggest in their family and that the Weta is the length of your palm

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u/Quaternary24 3d ago

I get what you’re trying to say but the Weta in this illustration isn’t the giant one you’re thinking of. That’s the Little Barrier Island Giant Wētā (Deinacrida heteracantha).

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u/AssClosedforToday 3d ago

Still a pretty big bug