Tamasa burgessi, also known as the Cairns bunyip or two-toned bunyip, is a species of cicada in the true cicada family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1905 by English entomologist William Lucas Distant.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Cairns 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 burgessi
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