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Giant Weta 🦗 This Insect Is HUGE! | 1 Minute Animals This colossal insect, native to New Zealand, can weigh more than a small bird! It is considered one of the heaviest insects on Earth! #GiantWeta #insects #wildlife #weta #cricket | 1 Minute Animals

This is a male Atlas moth. They can have a wingspan of a foot (wingtip to wingtip). The females will emerge from their cocoon and attract a mate using pheromones. Males will track down a waiting female using their feather-like antenna as amazing and selective radar. They will mate and the female will then fly off to lay over 100 eggs on various trees in tropical Asia, where it is from. When at rest, the elongated wingtips would stick out from foliage and give the appearance of a snake. In case t