Alarm Clock Squawker
Pauropsalta mneme (Walker, 1850)
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Male
Female
Species number (TNS):
377.
Fore wing length:
20–26 mm.
Distribution and seasonality:
From near Applethorpe in south-east
Queensland, along and to the east of the
Great Dividing Range through New South
Wales and the Australian Capital Territory
into the median rainfall areas of Victoria,
west to the Grampians, with an isolated
population in the Mt Lofty Ranges of
South Australia. Adults can be found from
September to February.
Notable localities:
Girraween National Park (Queensland),
Royal National Park (Sydney), Canberra,
Mount Lofty.
Habitat:
This species occurs in open eucalypt
forest and temperate heathland on
sandstone, granite and occasionally
metasediments.
Calling song and behaviour:
A series of soft clicks followed by a rattle
buzz similar to an old fashioned
mechanical alarm clock. Each phrase has
a fairly short duration, with many repeats
of the call as males move between tree
trunks. Calling males are very active,
wary and difficult to observe, despite their
call being conspicuous. Females can
usually be found in small shrubs.
Similar species:
Flinders Squawker.
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