Wētā nook

With the success of the eel feeding platform and the sign educating the general public on the unique life history of the longfin eel and why they are special, we thought we could carry that theme to other species we have in the gully. With this in mind we have developed a tree wētā nook. We have built a short track into the understory and installed three wētā motels with the possibility of installing a fourth. From experience it often takes some time (up to a year) for wētā motels made out of new timber to populate. Two of these are new and one is an old mature one that’s been relocated to this nook. The plan is that when the wētā motels are populated we will design a sign showing the life cycle of the wētā and, because of its relationship with the Pūriri moth include the moth’s life cycle as well. The nook is off the red track going north from the depot and just past the seat. See video. The video size had to be reduce to load on this site. This have reduced the quality some what.