Talk:Huhu beetle
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 | A request has been made for this article to be peer reviewed to receive a broader perspective on how it may be improved. Please make any edits you see fit to improve the quality of this article. |
 | This article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eating
2nd Author- I live in NZ and have personally tried a huhu grub. Don't try one!! They don't taste like buttery chicken, or peanuts, or butter (the rumours I heard before trying one), they taste very plain and crunchy. Please, for your sake, don't try one!
- Seconded. It was gross. I'm still glad I ate it though. 203.118.158.142 10:04, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Size
If a cite could be found, those of us on other continents could get more out of this article if it included the typical adult's size. If the larva is 70 mm (that's 2 3/4 inches, folks!) how big do the actual beetles get??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.170.41.254 (talk) 12:50, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
- The size of the adult beetle varies; males are somewhat smaller than females, and sometimes you can find really big ones, sometimes quite small. I've seen large ones up to about 50mm length, some smaller males are barely 30mm. That's not including the antennae or legs. Edaemus (talk) 04:42, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
Peer review
Huhu beetle
I've listed this article for peer review in order to prepare it for Featured Article candidacy. The article is about the Huhu beetle (Prionoplus reticularis), a species of longhorn beetle endemic to New Zealand. It is one of the countries most notable and distinctive beetles, as well as the largest. Notably, it is also one of the most well researched beetle species in NZ.
Thanks, AxonsArachnida (talk) 04:40, 13 April 2026 (UTC)