Orokonui Ecosanctuary/Insects

Weta

 * Food parcels
 * long legs
 * Harems

Butterflies

 * Admiral
 * Ringlet
 * Blue and Copper

Ghost

 * Forest Ghost Moth
 * Vegetable caterpillar - āwhato
 * Attacked by fungus
 * Eaten by Maori or used to make moko ink
 * Porina
 * Caterpillar lives in soil comes out at night
 * Looper
 * Owlet
 * Hawk
 * Bagmoth
 * Snout
 * Leafroller

Tiger

 * Magpie - Mokarakara, caterpillar (woolly bear) around tuatara encloser end of October
 * Litter
 * Flat
 * Tussock
 * Cabbage
 * Leafminer

Beetles

 * Longhorn
 * Huhu

Scarab

 * Grass grub - larvae cases grasslands mid-November
 * Ladybirds

Weevils

 * Giraffe
 * Sead
 * Fungus
 * Ground
 * Tiger
 * Click
 * Darkling

Crane flies- Matua Waeroa

 * Maori name = king mosquito
 * Mid November around visitor centre
 * Nectar feeders
 * Many females have no wings