[1] This species is common in forests throughout New Zealand and during the day can be found hiding in holes in tree branches.

They lack hearing organs (tympana), but they are sensitive to ground vibrations, this is enabled by pads on their feet.

Specialised hairs on the cerci and organs on the antennae are also good at capture of low frequency vibrations in the air.

[4] Talitropsis is a New Zealand genus of wētā belonging to the family Rhaphidophoridae, all species have small to medium bodies and live in forests not caves.

Although they are arboreal, they do not appear to utilise leaves as a nutrient source to any extent, instead, they eat fungi, algae and lichens growing on trees and rocks.

[2] The adult female is easily distinguished from the male by having a long, scimitar-like ovipositor projecting from the posterior end of its abdomen.

[12] Juvenile T. sedilloti are observed in the leaf litter of mixed podocarp-coastal forests and at night on tree trunks of tree-ferns (whekī, Dicksonia squarrosa), miro (P. ferruginea), kāmahi (Pterophylla racemosa), and halls tōtara (Podocarpus laetus).

Adults are found on trunks of miro (Prumnopitys ferruginea) and rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum), both of the tree species are characterised by thick flaky bark that can provide ideal microhabitats for these wētā.