Questions & Answers 

1.The differences between a Cicada & a Weta is that a Cicada has wings and a Weta does not and a cicada also has compound eyes which the Weta also doesn’t have, But a Weta has spiracles that a cicada doesn’t have.The similarities between the 2 is that their both insects and that they both have antennae, a head, legs and a thorax.They both live in dark places in No as-well

2.The difference between the 2 that affects their ways of how they live is that cicadas live most of their live underground and move quite a lot in the day time and not as much at nighttime, wetas on the other hand live in grassland, shrub lands and caves and move quite a lot to find food at night and so times in the day.Wetas protect/defend themselves from predators by waving their spiking legs to scare or scratch predators and Cicadas can’t defend themselves.

3.Other insects that have these characteristics are a grass-hopper that have strong legs like the weta and the bee that has wings like the cicada.There are other insects that are similar to a cicada because they are in the same family group such as a Aphid, scales, plant hoppers and a spittle bug there are also insects that are similar to the Weta for the same reason like grasshoppers, locus, crickets and katydids.

4.The cicada has spiracles, it has 10 pairs 2 on the thorax and 8 on the abdomen and i know because we learned about the weta and the cicada body with Mr.Vande.Kraats.