Saved from extinction? Establishment and dispersal of Mercury Islands tusked weta, Motuweta isolata, following translocation onto mammal-free islands - Ian Stringer; Corinne Watts; Danny Thornburrow; Rob Chappell; Robbie Price (Journal of Insect Conservation, 2014)

Possible rescue from extinction: transfer of a rare New Zealand tusked weta to islands in the Mercury group - Ian A. N. Stringer; Rob Chappell (Journal of Insect Conservation, 2008)