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Green Bunyip
Tamasa rainbowi
Tamasa rainbowi, also known as the green bunyip, is a species of cicada in the true cicada family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1912 by Australian entomologist Julian Howard Ashton.
From the article Tamasa rainbowi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The species occurs in a restricted area around south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, from Tamborine Mountain to Dorrigo. The associated habitat is a transition zone, at an elevation of between 500 and 1,200 m, between subtropical and warm temperate rainforest.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
Adults are heard from November to March, clinging to the trunks and main branches of rainforest trees, uttering powerful, metallic buzzing calls.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 208192.