Green Bunyip
Tamasa rainbowi Ashton, 1912
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Male
Species number (TNS):
110.
Fore wing length:
37–40 mm.
Distribution and seasonality:
At high altitudes from Mt
Tamborine in Queensland south
to Dorrigo in New South Wales.
Adults occur from November to
March.
Notable localities:
Upper Beechmont, Springbrook
National Park, Washpool
National Park.
Habitat:
At the transition between
subtropical and warm temperate
rainforest.
Calling song and behaviour:
A powerful, metallic buzz. Males
call at intervals during the day
and for an extended period at
dusk. Adults sit on the main
trunks and upper branches of
rainforest trees.
Similar species:
Eastern Bunyip (species
complex).
dr-pop.net database record
Currently known extent
Habitat
Female
