I have been learning to find information and put it into sentences in my own words. Something that challenged me was writing my introduction and conclusion.
I am proud of my report because I tired relay hard. I liked learning about the weta and found lots of interesting information.

The Weta

                                                  Introduction

Have you ever heard of the weta? The weta is a big brown grasshopper. Weta ears are on their legs. My report will tell you about the appearance, body of the weta, why weta have long antennae, weta ears, secret calls, tree weta, weta diet, giant weta, ground weta, habitat and camoflash.

                                                              Appearance

Weta are all related to the Grasshopper and Cricket family. The weta are a big brown Grasshopper that can't fly. Over 100 different kinds of weta exist but there are 5 types of Weta in New Zealand. they‘re 5 types of weta they are tree weta, giant weta, ground weta, tusked weta and cave weta.

 Body of the weta

Did you know that a weta bones are on the outside of the weta. There is 13 parts of a weta body they are antennae, ear, foot pads, front leg, middle leg, hind leg, spiracles, tarsus, cerci, abdominal tergite, tibia, femur and pronotal shield. Each of its 6 legs basically have the same pattern.

                                       Why do weta have long antennae

If you put a cloth over your mouth and nose you mostly can’t smell anything but weta use their  antennae to smell. They wave their antennae in the night air to smell friends or enemies.

                                                               Weta ears

Did you know that a weta has there ears on their ear on their leg. On each front leg there is a white oval that is a weta ear. Weta can’t hear the music that we can hear, their ears are good at hearing weta calls.

                                                            Secret calls

Tree weta make rasping sounds to call to their mates. The noise is like rubbing your finger nail on a piece of sandpaper. Did you know that the sandpaper is in the inside of their back leg and on the side of their bodys. The weta different calls to tell another weta something.

                                                 Tree weta

This type of weta is found in the cracks of trees that grow in the bush. The tree weta have fights with the other boy weta. Different kinds of tree weta are found in north cape and south to otago. There is a Auckland weta, a Wellington weta, West Coast weta and a Canterbury weta.

                                                             Weta diet

A weta diet is mainly plants and fruit eaters or herbivores. Their salad is varied sometimes with a dead caterpillar or a dead moth. Most tree and giant weta eat leaves. Ground weta and tusked weta are meat eaters or carnivores. They mostly never have plants. Cave weta feed on dead bugs.  Weta eat meat but not human meat.

                                                  Giant weta

Not all giant weta are giants. Some are smaller than a tree weta. Giant weta look a lot similar to tree weta but they never live together. Most giant weta wander every day that means that they’re easily found by rats if the weta is found by a rat it will get eaten.

                                               Ground  Weta

The ground weta is a soft brown cricket like bug is probably a ground weta. The ground weta live in small hole in the ground and under stones. This weta can jump 1 meter in one jump. Some are as big as a tree weta but most are smaller than tree weta. At night they hunt at night.

                                                    Habitat  

Weta are found just about everywhere in New Zealand. Mostly in the bush and mountains. Some are at great barrier island. Some dig holes and go in them to sleep.

                                              Camouflage  

Weta need to camouflage to hide from predators like rats. They blend in because the ground in the bush is brown like the weta.

                                            Conclusion

There are many types of weta around the world but only 5 types live in New Zealand.  Now that you know more about the them do you think you could find one in the bush?