Dodd's Bunyip

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Tamasa doddi

Dodd's Bunyip, a reference photo
Photo: Matthew Borella · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Tamasa doddi, also known as Dodd’s bunyip, is a species of cicada in the true cicada family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1904 by entomologists Frederic Webster Goding and Walter Wilson Froggatt.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Dodd's Bunyip being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadidae
Genus
Tamasa
Species
Tamasa doddi

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