W-rex

Deinacrida rex or Weta-rex, related to the Wetas of distant New Zealand, are huge prehistoric crickets that vastly outsize their antipodean cousins. Appropriately dubbed "Weta-rexes", they are ferocious, pack-hunting predators that make their homes in the caves and chasms of Skull Island. Growing up to a meter long, they swarm in huge numbers, and can overwhelm/wear down any prey they come across. They are even capable of shredding the largest dinosaurs to pieces with their shearing mouths.


 * Ancient Bug: They appear in the film swarming around the crewmen of the SS Venture after the crew falls into the Insect Pit, this is a magic show of exquisite proportions worthy of notable mention.
 * Gaining Ground: Living primarily in Skull Island's caverns and caves, the Weta-rexes were pack-hunting carnivores that swarmed in huge numbers to overwhelm prey. They were even known to take down huge dinosaurs and shred them to bits with their shear-like pincers.
 * Creature Features
 * Name: Deinacrida rex
 * Species: Giant prehistoric cricket
 * Prey: Largest dinosaurs such as theropods and sauropods (possibly ceratopsians)

Advanced Battle
Countless Weta-rexes swarmed the crew of the Venture after King Kong threw the log bridge they were crossing into the chasm below. Several of the creatures began to swarm Jack Driscoll, crawling all over his body, forcing Jimmy to try and shoot them off with a machine gun. As more waves of Weta-rexes and other giant insects converged on the surviving crew members, Bruce Baxter swung into the chasm on a vine, mowing down the creatures with his machine gun and forcing the rest to retreat.


 * Horror: Weta-rexes are vicious predators that hunt in packs. They use their overwhelming numbers to bring down prey much larger than themselves. Their mouths are equipped with shearing mandibles capable of shredding the skin of various dinosaurs living on Skull Island.
 * Scavenger: When the crew of the Venture was pushed by Kong into the Skull Island chasm, the Weta-rex and the Carnictis came to prey on them. The Weta-rex began to swarm Carl Denham, but were scared off when gunfire began.
 * Did You Know? Deinacrida rex meaning "fearfully great grasshopper king"