Weta

**James Deuce** · 16th February 2005, 04:58

That's twice this week I've woken up with a Weta gnawing on my leg IN BED.

Weta is not some code name for one of my children either. I mean one of these 4cm long little buggers.

**What?** · 16th February 2005, 05:42

One of the hazards of sleeping in the kids tree house, I'm afraid.

**avgas** · 16th February 2005, 05:53

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmm
leg

**750Y** · 16th February 2005, 06:02

mate you seriously need to shave your legs 8-)

**Blackbird** · 16th February 2005, 06:09

Pack your bottle of meths away, join the Destiny Church and go and live back indoors. Then you'll just have the pets gnawing on your leg

**XTC** · 16th February 2005, 06:40

Lucky it wasn't chewing on your woody.....
Relined the kids playhouse and found heaps living in the walls.... Scary buggers aren't they.

**Sniper** · 16th February 2005, 06:42

Hmmm, interesting, they have lions in Africa, Snakes in australia, Bears somewhere else, sharks in the sea and now F%^$#N Weka's in bed. Is there nowhere safe to sleep anymorw??

**Ms Piggy** · 16th February 2005, 06:43

Those wetas are fiesty buggers too! They can leap! I tried (being kind) and getting one out of the bathroom, it made a raspy noise and kept leaping around. YIKES!

Is your leg ok!??

**Pwalo** · 16th February 2005, 06:54

Stop sleeping with wetas Jim, it's just not natural. Seriously though I take it you've got a lot of shrubs around the house.

We get quite a few of the beggars, but they don't usually invite themselves in for the night.

**James Deuce** · 16th February 2005, 07:07

Lots of shrubs and Ivy which they love to live in and the house is brick so it's really easy for them to climb. The males are nuts at the moment, so it must be mating season. We've been sleeping with the window open because of the heat.

They can't break skin, it's just a bit of a fright to reach down to scratch where they've been gnawing and encounter a mass of prickly spines. Then they have a go at your hand.

**Jackrat** · 16th February 2005, 07:41

The old Maori called them (God of ugly things)
Reckon they got that right aye!!
I always found they were a good way to get a lazy bugger out of a sleeping bag on a hunting trip.
Wake up real fast they do,,,

**ching_ching** · 16th February 2005, 07:57

Get a rabies shot quick azz first chance u get before you're fucked!!

**vifferman** · 16th February 2005, 07:57

Originally Posted by Jim2

The males are nuts at the moment, so it must be mating season.

Ahhh! So there ya go - he wasn't gnawing on yer leg - he was humpin' it!

**Biff** · 16th February 2005, 08:08

Shit - live and learn. Down here in the darkest south I've been told that Wetas are rare and it's very uncommon for them to come into contact with humans, let alone decide to a' la carte on our bloody legs.

What pig ugly looking critters - in a 'beautiful nature' kinda way.