New Zealand’s Bug of the Year competition has crowned ... This peculiar creature triumphed over the praying mantis and the giant springtail, earning public votes and official recognition from ...

The ātaka (exquisite Olearia owlet moth) and the rō (giant stick ... the praying mantis was only 110 votes behind out of nearly 25,000 votes!” says Connal McLean, member of the Bug of the ...