Macropathus filifer

The first ever cave wētā to be described in New Zealand, in 1868. Common in the north-west of the South Island, as far south as Franz Josef Glacier

Cave wētā / tokoriro (Macropathus filifer) male photo bombed by a looper moth (Hydriomena rixata). Blue Creek, Mount Owen, Kahurangi National Park.
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Cave wētā / tokoriro (Macropathus filifer) male photo bombed by a looper moth (Hydriomena rixata). Blue Creek, Mount Owen, Kahurangi National Park.
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Cave wētā / tokoriro (Macropathus filifer) male. Blue Creek, Mount Owen, Kahurangi National Park.
Mount Owen 275 Blue Creek Fauna Granity Pass Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park Macropathus filifer Marino Mountains Mount Owen New Zealand Tramping cave weta cave wētā insect tokoriro wildlife
Cave wētā / tokoriro (Macropathus filifer) male. Poverty Basin, Mount Owen, Kahurangi National Park.
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Cave wētā / tokoriro (Macropathus filifer) male. Bulmer Creek, Mt Owen, Kahurangi National Park.
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Cave wētā / tokoriro (Macropathus filifer) male. Bulmer Creek, Mt Owen, Kahurangi National Park.
Mount Owen 006 Bulmer Creek Fauna Kahurangi Kahurangi National Park Macropathus filifer Marino Mountains Mount Owen New Zealand Tramping cave weta cave wētā insect tokoriro wildlife
Cave wētā / tokoriro (Macropathus filifer) male. Tatare Tunnel, Franz Josef Glacier.
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Cave wētā / tokoriro (Macropathus filifer) male. Tatare Tunnel, Franz Josef Glacier.
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Cave wētā / tokoriro (Macropathus filifer). Tatare Tunnel, Franz Josef Glacier.
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Cave wētā / tokoriro (Macropathus filifer) male. Tatare Tunnel, Franz Josef Glacier.
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Macropathus filifer adult male. Crazy Paving Cave, Oparara Basin, Westland.
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Macropathus filifer adult female. Crazy Paving Cave, Oparara Basin, Westland.
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Macropathus filifer. Crazy Paving Cave, Oparara Basin, Westland.
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Macropathus filifer female. Mitchell's Gully Gold Mine, Charleston, Westland.
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Macropathus filifer adult male. Mitchell's Gully Gold Mine, Charleston, Westland.
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Macropathus filifer adult male. Mitchell's Gully Gold Mine, Charleston, Westland.
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Macropathus filifer adult male. Mitchell's Gully Gold Mine, Charleston, Westland.
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Macropathus filifer female nymph. Mitchell's Gully Gold Mine, Charleston, Westland.
Oparara 006 Charleston Fauna Macropathus filifer Mitchell's Gully Mitchell's Gully gold mine New Zealand Westland cave weta cave wētā insect tokoriro
Macropathus filifer nymph. Gouland Downs Caves, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park.
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Macropathus filifer. Gouland Downs Caves, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park.
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Macropathus filifer. Gouland Downs Caves, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park.
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Macropathus filifer. Gouland Downs Caves, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park.
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