Travel Bug Dog Tag Giant Weta

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Owner:
Hengistbury Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Monday, August 15, 2005
Origin:
Oregon, United States
Recently Spotted:
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Current Goal

This giant weta hitched a ride from New Zealand to Corvallis, Oregon. His goal is to travel back to his home in Motueka, New Zealand, but he is happy to travel anywhere - little hops or giant leaps.

About This Item

Giant Weta

The Giant Weta is a large, brown, flightless grasshopper and its species name, Deinacrida, literally means Demon Grasshopper. It is one of New Zealand's few protected insects and now mainly survives only on offshore islands where it is safe from introduced predators. Giant Wetas can grow over 50mm long and weigh as much as 25 grams. Although fearsome looking, they are actually quite docile and their diet is largely vegetarian. It leads a solitary, nocturnal life, spending the day hidden in vegetation or under stones.

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Tracking History (2746.8mi) View Map

Write note 10/15/2007 tdouthitt posted a note for it   Visit Log

I found this log in "Highway 3 Northbound" , in Billings, Montana and thought it would help track down your bug. It wasn't in the cache when I visited today, however.
"August 26 by geoent (11 found)
Left the Giant Weta to visit with the native insect and animal population. Giant Weta wants to visit the world."
The owner, lofty17 visited the cache next on 9/4/07 but there is no mention of it in the note. Sorry that he is MIA.
tdouthitt
Write note 2/25/2007 Rubicon Cacher posted a note for it   Visit Log

Missing.
Dropped Off 11/23/2006 mbajpal placed it in BASEBALL TOUR #4 - #755 Alabama - 5.09 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/4/2006 mbajpal retrieved it from BASEBALL TOUR #3 - THE COACH Alabama   Visit Log

Grabbed at Baseball Tour #3 to take to SE Alabama
Dropped Off 10/28/2006 DebDon85 placed it in BASEBALL TOUR #3 - THE COACH Alabama - 96.61 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/21/2006 DebDon85 retrieved it from Sea Shell Spell 1 Louisiana   Visit Log

Don't like bugs at all but had to grab this one as I was caching with friends.
Dropped Off 10/18/2006 mbooda placed it in Sea Shell Spell 1 Louisiana - 1,024.73 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/14/2006 mbooda retrieved it from Super Hero I-40 Eastbound TB Stash & Dash New Mexico   Visit Log

Hey, maybe this bug can go round the world, eastward.
Dropped Off 10/14/2006 pbooda placed it in Super Hero I-40 Eastbound TB Stash & Dash New Mexico - 2.62 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 10/14/2006 pbooda grabbed it   Visit Log

We found this in the Super Hero I-40 Eastbound TB Hotel. Will route it through.
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