Ancient bugs
Every species in the Wild Files corpus where ancient is a defining trait.
194 on file
Common Bed Bug
Survives a year without feeding. Has been with humans for 3,500 years. Wants nothing to do with you — except your blood.
Desert Locust
Solitary green bug, until crowded. Then it turns yellow, swarms, and darkens the sky.
Globe Skimmer Dragonfly
Longest insect migration on Earth (18,000 km). 95% kill rate. 360-degree vision.
African Dung Beetle
Navigates by the Milky Way. Rolls perfect straight lines. Pound-for-pound, the strongest insect ever measured.
Goliath Birdeater
Largest spider on Earth by weight. Defends itself by hissing and flicking itch-bombs.
Honeypot Ant
Living food jars. Worker ants hang from the ceiling, swollen with nectar. Eaten as candy.
Leafcutter Ant
Run the world’s oldest farms. Domesticated a fungus 50 million years ago. Excellent at chemistry.
Peacock Mantis Shrimp
Sees 12 colors. Punches at 50 mph. The flash is hotter than the sun's surface.
Periodical Cicada (17-Year)
Spends 17 years underground. Emerges by the trillion. Picks 17 because it's prime.
Silkworm Moth
Domesticated 5,000 years ago. Built the Silk Road. Adults can no longer fly.
European Stag Beetle
Europe's largest beetle. Antlers like a deer. Wrestles other males over rotting logs.
African Mound-Building Termite
Builds 9-meter air-conditioned towers. Farms fungus inside. Queen lays 30,000 eggs a day for 50 years.
Asian Weaver Ant
Builds nests using their own larvae as living glue guns. Used as pesticide for 1,500 years.
Atlas Beetle
Asia's largest rhino beetle. Three forward horns. Males wrestle for branches.
Common Mayfly
Adult life: 24 hours. Sometimes 5 minutes. The order's name means 'short-lived wing.'
Snowy Tree Cricket
Count her chirps in 13 seconds, add 40 — that's the temperature in Fahrenheit. To one degree.
Tsetse Fly
Reshaped the map of Africa. Gives birth to single larvae. Carries sleeping sickness.
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing
Largest butterfly on Earth — 28 cm. The first specimen was shot down with a shotgun.
Lord Howe Island Stick Insect
Declared extinct in 1920. Found on a sea-cliff in 2001. Now back from the brink.
Madagascan Sunset Moth
Often called the most beautiful insect on Earth. Iridescent green, blue, orange, gold, red.
Assassin Bug
Liquefies prey from inside out. Wears disguises of dust, lint, or the corpses of past kills.
Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly
Dragonfly's slender cousin. 200 million years old. Iridescent metallic body, midnight black wings.
Eastern Dobsonfly
Male carries 4 cm mandibles too long to bite. Larva ('hellgrammite') is a 3-year underwater predator.
Kissing Bug
Bites your face at night. Defecates on the wound. Carries Chagas disease — kills 12,000 a year.
Mountain Pine Beetle
Killed 18 million hectares of pine forest since 2000. The largest insect-driven forest disaster in history.
European Paper Wasp
Invented paper before humans. Recognizes nestmates by face. Tense dominance hierarchies under your eaves.
Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle
Lifts 850× her own weight. The kabutomushi of Japan — kept as a pet, wrestled in arenas, the heart of childhood.
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Invasive Asian shield-bug. Devastates apples, peaches, soybeans. Stinks like burnt cilantro on contact.
Titan Beetle
Largest beetle in the world. 17 cm long. Snaps a pencil with her jaws. Larva has never been seen.
Common Asparagus Beetle
Major asparagus pest. Brilliant METALLIC BLUE-BLACK with red-bordered cream square spots. Larvae use FECAL SHIELDS.
Cherry Fruit Fly
Major NA cherry pest. Sister to apple maggot fly. The proverbial 'WORM IN THE CHERRY'.
European Mantispid
European mantis-mimic LACEWING. Larvae burrow into SPIDER EGG SACS and eat the developing spiderlings.
Oak Apple Gall Wasp
Wasp HIJACKS oak DNA to grow GOLF-BALL-SIZED protective galls around her developing larvae.
Codling Moth
World's most damaging apple pest — the proverbial 'WORM IN THE APPLE'. $1B+ annual global losses.
Oriental Fruit Moth
Most damaging stone fruit pest worldwide — sister to codling moth, controlled by pheromone mating disruption.
Cactus Moth
Saved Australia from prickly pear (1925-32) — now THREATENING native NA cactus and Mexican prickly pear agriculture.
Indianmeal Moth
Most damaging stored-product moth worldwide. Diagnostic SILK WEBBING in infested pantry foods.
Klamath Weed Beetle
Foundational NA weed-biocontrol success. Reduced invasive Klamath weed by 99% in western US in 10 years.
Sheep Tick (Castor Bean Tick)
Primary European LYME DISEASE vector. Also vectors tick-borne ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS. 65K+ Lyme cases/year in Europe.
Potter Wasp (Mason Wasp)
Constructs MINIATURE URN-SHAPED MUD POTS — perfect symmetrical pottery vessels for single-caterpillar provisions.
Western Tent Caterpillar
Western NA tent caterpillar. Builds white silk tents in branch crotches. Cyclic outbreaks in chaparral.
Small Carpenter Bee
TINY shiny METALLIC blue/green carpenter bee. Nests in HOLLOW STEMS. Provides maternal care to developing larvae.
Trichogramma Wasp
TINY parasitoid wasp (0.3 mm). BILLIONS commercially mass-reared per year for agricultural pest control.
Acrobat Ant
HEART-SHAPED ABDOMEN that workers DRAMATICALLY RAISE over the back like a flag. ~500 species in the genus.
Caterpillar Hunter Beetle (European Ground Beetle)
Brilliant metallic GREEN-AND-GOLD ground beetle. INTRODUCED to NA in 1905 to control invasive spongy moth.
Bullhorn Acacia Ant
Foundational PLANT-ANT MUTUALISM. Lives in hollow thorns of acacia. Aggressively defends tree from herbivores.
Pacific Dampwood Termite
LARGEST termite in North America. Pacific Northwest. Ancient lineage with pseudergate worker biology.
Death-Watch Beetle
Tapping wood beetle. Folk DEATH OMEN. Major pest of HISTORIC OAK TIMBER in European architecture.
Garden Symphylan
Tiny white 12-legged 'pseudocentipede'. Separate ancient arthropod class. Major NA vegetable seedling pest.
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Catastrophic forest pest. Has killed essentially ALL mature eastern hemlocks across Appalachia.
Migratory Locust
Catastrophic crop pest of Africa/Asia/Europe. Foundational PHASE POLYPHENISM case — solitary becomes gregarious.
Saint Helena Giant Earwig
LARGEST EARWIG ever known. 8 cm. Endemic to Saint Helena. Now believed EXTINCT (last seen 1967).
Festive Tiger Beetle
Color-variable tiger beetle. Different geographic populations display GREEN, BLUE, PURPLE, RED, or COPPER elytra.
Greenhouse Whitefly
Most damaging pest of GREENHOUSE production worldwide. First-ever commercially mass-reared biocontrol target.
Pink-Spotted Hawkmoth (Periwinkle Sphinx)
Large NA migratory hawkmoth. Pink-and-black banded abdomen. 10-15 cm proboscis (longer than body).
Bat Fly
EXCLUSIVE bat parasite. Lives entire adult life on bat bodies. Spider-like flightless flies.
Brown-Tail Moth
Caterpillar covered in URTICATING HAIRS that cause severe rash and respiratory irritation in humans.
Pink Bollworm
Major historical cotton pest. Successfully ERADICATED from US in 2018 — flagship Bt+SIT eradication program.
Spined Soldier Bug
PREDATORY stink bug. Eats caterpillars and beetle larvae. Commercially reared as biocontrol agent.
Sugarcane Borer
Major sugarcane pest of the Americas. $300M-$1B annual losses. Foundational biocontrol case study.
Wheat Stem Sawfly
Major NA spring wheat pest. Larva chews stem from inside, causing wheat to LODGE before harvest.
Giant Asian Mantis
8-10 cm SE Asian mantis. Captures small lizards, snakes, hummingbirds. Popular pet mantis worldwide.
Brown Planthopper
Major rice pest of Asia. Causes 'HOPPERBURN' — entire fields die in days when populations explode.
Diamondback Moth
Most damaging cruciferous crop pest worldwide. $4-5B annual losses. FIRST documented case of insect Bt resistance.
European Corn Borer
Major NA corn pest. Primary target of Bt corn alongside corn earworm. Bt deployment dramatically reduced populations.
Fall Armyworm
Major NA agricultural pest. INVADED Africa in 2016, Asia in 2018, Australia in 2020. Threat to global food security.
Citrus Longhorned Beetle
Sister to Asian longhorned beetle. Attacks 100+ tree species. Major global invasive forest pest.
European Elm Bark Beetle
Primary vector of DUTCH ELM DISEASE. Killed tens of millions of American elms across NA since 1930s.
Locust Borer
Striking YELLOW-AND-BLACK wasp-mimicking longhorn beetle. Major pest of NA black locust trees.
Sirex Woodwasp
Injects FUNGAL SPORES into pine trees with eggs. Fungus digests wood for the larva. Major invasive pine pest globally.
Yellow Crazy Ant
World's 100 worst invasive species. Killed 10-15 MILLION red crabs on Christmas Island. Catastrophic.
Bowl and Doily Weaver
Constructs unique BOWL-AND-DOILY WEB ARCHITECTURE. Spider hangs upside-down between the two structures.
Catalpa Sphinx
Famous 'CATALPA WORM' bait fishing caterpillar. Catalpa trees planted as worm farms across southeastern US.
Six-Eyed Sand Spider
MOST POTENT spider venom on Earth (drop-for-drop). Buries herself in sand. Almost never bites humans.
Corn Earworm
Major NA crop pest. Same species as cotton bollworm and tomato fruitworm. Foundational target of Bt corn.
Mediterranean Fruit Fly
Most economically destructive global fruit pest. Attacks 250+ plant species. Hundreds of millions in CA control costs.
Pavement Ant
Common urban ant. Famous for spectacular ANNUAL PAVEMENT WARS — thousands of ants in mass spring combat.
Pearl Crescent
Small NA brushfoot with diagnostic PALE PEARL CRESCENT marking on the hindwing underside.
Squash Bee
OBLIGATE squash specialist. Co-evolved with Cucurbita. Allowed pre-Columbian squash agriculture to spread north.
European Beewolf
Solitary wasp that EXCLUSIVELY hunts HONEY BEES. Cultivates antibiotic-producing bacteria in antennal glands.
Giant Isopod
Largest known isopod on Earth. 50 cm. Looks like a giant pillbug. FASTS for FIVE YEARS at a time.
Olive Fruit Fly
Single most important pest of olive production worldwide. Major Mediterranean economic threat.
Tongue-Eating Louse
Severs a fish's tongue and PERMANENTLY REPLACES it with her own body. Only known parasite that replaces a host organ.
Black Witch Moth
Largest moth in North America. 24 cm wingspan. 'Mariposa de la muerte' in Latin American folklore.
American Dog Tick
Major NA vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Also tick paralysis. Wood-tick of NA hiking trails.
Apple Maggot Fly
Foundational SYMPATRIC SPECIATION case study. Two host races shifting from hawthorn to apple since the 1860s.
Ebony Jewelwing
Brilliant METALLIC GREEN BODY with completely BLACK WINGS. NA cousin to the banded demoiselle.
Forest Tent Caterpillar
Despite the name, builds silk MATS on tree trunks (not tents). 10-12 year cyclic outbreaks defoliate NA forests.
Asian Longhorned Beetle
Invasive wood-boring beetle. Threatens NA maple forests. $700M USDA eradication effort.
Hessian Fly
Major wheat pest. Brought to NA in 1776 by Hessian mercenaries. Foundational gene-for-gene coevolution model.
Japanese Beetle
Most polyphagous invasive beetle in NA. Eats 300+ plant species. $460M annual damage.
Silver-Spotted Skipper
Most widespread NA skipper. Bright SILVER spot on hindwing underside flashes in flight.
Differential Grasshopper
Major NA crop-pest grasshopper. HERRINGBONE-PATTERNED hind legs. Outbreak swarms cause massive crop damage.
Gulf Fritillary
Bright orange with brilliant METALLIC SILVER underside spots. Sequesters toxins from passion flowers.
Jerusalem Cricket (Potato Bug)
Looks like a 7 cm cricket with a HUMAN-LIKE BULGING head. The 'potato bug' / 'child of the earth'.
Northern Walkingstick
Most widespread NA walking stick. Looks indistinguishable from a small twig.
American Lady
NA sister to the painted lady. Distinguished by TWO large eyespots vs painted lady's four-five smaller ones.
Red-Spotted Purple
Mimics toxic pipevine swallowtail. Same species as the white admiral but evolved into a mimic in the south.
Hummingbird Clearwing
Day-flying hawk moth that looks and behaves so much like a hummingbird that birders misidentify her.
Bulldog Ant
Australia's giant primitive ants. Massive sickle jaws. Sees prey from 1 meter. Most ANCIENT surviving ant lineage.
Giant Vinegaroon
Looks like a scorpion. Sprays CONCENTRATED VINEGAR. No venom. No sting. Just weaponized acetic acid.
Azure Bluet Damselfly
Brilliant azure-blue damselfly. Famous 'mating wheel' posture during copulation.
Pill Millipede
Rolls into an armored ball — same trick as pillbugs, but completely independently evolved.
Blue-Tailed Damselfly
Females come in THREE distinct color morphs. Some imitate males to avoid male harassment.
Cattle Warble Fly (Heel Fly)
Larvae burrow into cattle legs, migrate ALONG THE SPINAL CORD, and exit from 'warbles' on the back.
Pipevine Swallowtail
TOXIC. Model for at least 5 mimic butterfly species. Caterpillars sequester pipevine alkaloids.
Viceroy Butterfly
Famous monarch mimic. For 100 years taught as Batesian (palatable) — 1991 proved her ALSO toxic.
Allegheny Mound Ant
Builds 1-meter dome-shaped solar mounds. Aggressively kills nearby trees with formic acid to maintain sun.
Cuckoo Bumblebee
Bumblebee that abandoned workers. Invades host bumblebee nests, kills the queen, takes over the colony.
Green Bottle Fly
FDA-approved for medical maggot therapy. Eats dead tissue, kills MRSA, stimulates healing.
Mediterranean Recluse
Most invasive recluse spider on Earth. Sphingomyelinase D venom causes necrotic skin lesions.
Texas Leafcutter Ant
US leafcutter ant. 1-2 million workers per colony. Excavates 8m-deep underground fungus farms.
European Field Cricket
The original 'grasshopper' of Aesop's fable. Glossy black. Sings from burrow entrance.
House Cricket
Most globally significant edible insect. Domesticated for food in 30+ countries. Chirp rate = temperature.
Seven-Spot Ladybird
The original 'ladybird.' Named for Mary's Seven Sorrows. Eats 5,000 aphids per lifetime.
Brimstone Butterfly
Sulfur-yellow male probably gave English the word 'butterfly.' Lives up to 12 months. Leaf-shaped wings.
Cookie Cutter Spider
Rear is flattened into a HARDENED DISC marked like a coin. Uses the disc as a literal door to seal her burrow.
Chigoe Flea (Jigger)
Female burrows INTO your foot. Stays embedded 4-6 weeks. Affects 20M+ people worldwide.
Manna Cicada
The cicada of Mediterranean antiquity. Plato wrote about her chorus. Sap source of historical 'manna.'
Firebug
Bright red-and-black aggregating bug. Discovery of juvenile hormone traces to her in 1966.
Lantern Bug
Carries a hollow snout projection. Maria Sibylla Merian's 1701 'glowing lantern' myth still persists.
Mantisfly
Lacewing that evolved into a mantis. Larva hitchhikes on spiders to eat their eggs.
European Garden Spider (Cross Spider)
European garden orb-weaver. White cross on her back. First spider to build a web in space (1973).
Common Green Darner
Largest North American dragonfly (8 cm). Multi-generational 1,500+ km migration. Apple-green thorax.
Birch Sawfly
Most ancient Hymenoptera lineage. 'Saw' ovipositor cuts plant slits for eggs. Larva shoots wax.
Indian Dead Leaf Butterfly
Wings closed — perfect dead leaf with veins and fungal spots. Wings open — brilliant blue-and-orange.
Devil's Coach-Horse Beetle
Raises her tail like a scorpion when threatened. Medieval Europe believed she carried curses.
European Mantis
The original 'praying mantis' — Linnaeus named her for the prayer-like raptorial pose in 1758.
Wellington Tree Wētā
Male defends a harem of 1-10 females in a tree gallery. Wrestles rivals with enlarged jaws.
Snake Fly
Insect with a 'snake' neck. Tiny ancient order — 270 million years old. Only in the Northern Hemisphere.
Acorn Weevil
Female's snout is half her body length — drills through acorn shells. Cause of acorn 'wormholes.'
Cigarette Beetle
Eats tobacco, spices, dried herbs, museum specimens. Yeast endosymbiont detoxifies the nicotine.
Cochineal Insect
Source of carmine red dye for 2,000+ years. Aztec second-most-valuable trade after gold. In your lipstick.
Silver Y Moth
Migrates billions between North Africa and northern Europe. Ground speed exceeds 100 km/h on tailwinds.
Velvet Worm
Squirts adhesive slime to trap prey. 540 million years old. Closest living relative of arthropods.
Western Corn Rootworm
The 'billion-dollar bug.' Resistant to every insecticide AND to Bt corn traits. Invading Europe.
Blue Bottle Fly
Forensic entomology centerpiece. Larvae used as medical maggot therapy. Vomits to digest food.
Body Louse
Vector of typhus that killed 30M+. Dated origin of human clothing. Lives only in the seams of your clothes.
Cottony Cushion Scale
Almost destroyed California citrus in 1888. Saved by 130 imported Australian ladybeetles. Founded biocontrol.
Crab Louse (Pubic Louse)
Crab-shaped louse. Host-jumped from gorillas to early hominins 3-4 million years ago.
Cuckoo Bee
Lays eggs in other bees' nests. Larvae kill the host larva and eat her food. 15% of all bee species do this.
New World Screwworm Fly
Larvae eat living flesh. Eradicated from US by sterile-male flooding in 1966. Foundational pest control success.
Africanized Honey Bee (Killer Bee)
The 'killer bee.' Hybrid escaped Brazil in 1957. 1,000+ human deaths. Pursues victims hundreds of meters.
Granulate Ambrosia Beetle
Insect farmer. Carries fungus in body pouches, plants it in tree tunnels, eats the harvest. 60M years old.
Boll Weevil
Devastated US cotton — $22 billion in damage. Has a statue in Alabama. ERADICATED from the US in 2010.
Mormon Cricket
Wingless katydid that marches in millions across western US rangeland. Saved Utah crops in 1848 by seagulls.
Oriental Rat Flea
Vector of bubonic plague. Killed 200+ MILLION humans across history. Most consequential insect ever.
Two-Spotted Spider Mite
0.5 mm. Damages 1,100+ plant species. Genome reveals extreme detox-gene arsenal — resistant to almost every miticide.
Caddisfly
Larvae build portable cases. French artist had caddisflies build cases from gold and gemstones.
Greater Wax Moth
Caterpillar DIGESTS plastic — first discovered in 2017. 40,000× faster than environmental degradation.
Headlight Click Beetle (Cucujo)
Brightest bioluminescent terrestrial insect. Cuban miners used live beetles as flashlights.
Mexican Honey Wasp
Wasp that makes honey. Centuries-old delicacy in Mexico. Pollinator AND predator AND honey producer.
Darwin's Bark Spider
Strongest natural material on Earth. Silk 10× tougher than kevlar. Webs span 25 meters across rivers.
Firebrat
Silverfish's heat-loving cousin. Lives behind ovens at 40°C. 400 million years old.
Red Velvet Mite
Crimson velvety mite. Appears in masses after rainstorms. Predator and traditional Indian medicine.
Spongy Moth (formerly Gypsy Moth)
Renamed from 'gypsy moth' in 2022. Released in Massachusetts in 1869. Has defoliated tens of millions of acres.
Colorado Potato Beetle
Most pesticide-resistant insect on Earth. Resistant to 56+ different insecticides. Devastates potato crops globally.
Emerald Ash Borer
Killed 100 million ash trees since 2002. Most economically destructive forest insect ever introduced to North America.
Red Flour Beetle
Most cosmopolitan stored-grain pest. Second insect ever to have her genome sequenced. Key model organism.
Yucca Moth
Sole pollinator of yucca. Actively packs pollen into the flower like a tiny farmer. Obligate mutualism.
Acacia Ant
Lives inside hollow acacia thorns, drinks Beltian-body sap, attacks anything that touches the tree.
Anopheles Mosquito (Malaria Vector)
Sole vector of human malaria. Kills 600,000 a year. Most deadly animal on Earth, by impact.
Spanish Fly (Blister Beetle)
Source of the cantharidin 'aphrodisiac.' Hypermetamorphic life cycle. Hitchhikes on bees to their nests.
Dog-Day Cicada
The high-whine of August 'dog days.' One of the loudest insects on Earth — 100+ dB.
Fairyfly
Smallest insect on Earth. 0.139 mm. Smaller than a single Paramecium. Fully functional brain.
Fat-Tailed Scorpion
Latin name means 'man-killer.' Hundreds of deaths per year across North Africa and the Middle East.
Head Louse
Lives ONLY on human heads. Her cousin the body louse dated the invention of clothing.
Atlantic Horseshoe Crab
450 million years old, blue-blooded living fossil, used to test every vaccine on Earth for endotoxins.
Book Scorpion (Pseudoscorpion)
Tiny scorpion-cousin in your bookshelf. Eats booklice and dust mites. Hitchhikes on flies.
Sea Spider
Marine arthropod with internal organs IN the legs. Antarctic giants reach 70 cm leg span.
Snow Flea
Tiny springtail active on snow. Antifreeze protein keeps her alive at -20°C. Used in medical cryopreservation.
Apollo Butterfly
Translucent white alpine butterfly with red eye-spots. CITES protected. Climate-pressured upslope.
Arizona Bark Scorpion
Only deadly US scorpion. Glows blue-green under UV light. Lurks under bark and inside shoes.
Drone Fly
Bee-mimic hoverfly. Larva is the 'rat-tailed maggot' that breathes through a 5x body-length snorkel.
Globe Skimmer Dragonfly
Longest insect migration on Earth — 18,000 km. Crosses the Indian Ocean. Truly global panmictic species.
House Centipede
The bathroom centipede everyone has screamed at. Eats cockroaches and bed bugs. Not actually an insect.
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing
Largest butterfly on Earth. 28 cm wingspan. Discovered by a collector who shot her with a shotgun.
Meadow Spittlebug
Lives in a froth-bubble of her own waste. Adults jump at 400g — highest acceleration of any animal. Olive disease vector.
Gooty Sapphire Tarantula
Brilliant cobalt-blue iridescent. Endemic to one 100 km² Indian forest. Critically Endangered.
Fig Wasp
Each fig species has ONE specific wasp. She enters, loses her wings, lays eggs, dies inside. 80 million years.
Giant Peacock Moth
Largest moth in Europe. 20 cm wingspan. The species that proved insect pheromones exist in 1879.
Giant Ichneumon Wasp
Drills 12 cm into wood with her abdomen to lay an egg on a wasp larva. Larva eats it alive. Darwin's parable.
Stingless Bee
Has no sting. Maya kept her in hollow logs for 1,000 years. Honey is medicine in three civilizations.
White Witch Moth
Largest wingspan of any insect on Earth. 31 cm tip-to-tip. Larva has been seen ONCE.
Cave Cricket (Spider Cricket)
Jumps AT you when scared because she can't see far. The basement 'spricket.' 250 million years old.
Camel Spider
Third major arachnid order. Largest jaws-to-body ratio in arachnids. The fastest arachnid runner.
Eastern Subterranean Termite
$5 BILLION in US damage per year. Built from cockroaches. Mud tubes from soil to your studs.
European Earwig
Practices maternal care. Did NOT inspire her name — the ear-burrowing myth is false.
Formosan Subterranean Termite
Super-termite. 10 million workers per colony. Carton nests the size of an oven.
Harvestman (Daddy Long-Legs)
TRUE daddy long-legs. NOT a spider. No venom. No silk. Eats solid food. 410 million years old.
Silverfish
400 million years old. Predates wings. Lives 8 years. Mates by floor-deposited sperm packet.
Springtail
100,000 per square meter of soil. Catapults itself with a spring-loaded tail. Survives -60°C.
Tailless Whip Scorpion
Looks terrifying. Completely harmless. 60 cm of antenna-leg sensors. Featured in Harry Potter.
Wētāpunga (Giant Wētā)
Heavier than a sparrow. Endemic to one NZ island. The mammal-substitute insect of an island without mammals.