Tamasa rainbowi
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Bunyip sighting in Lamington National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 308th most-seen of the 430 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November to February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Bunyip in Lamington National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to October, the lowest months. Those are among Lamington National Park's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in August.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Bunyip sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Lamington National Park, in our data
Lamington National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Green Bunyip sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cicadidae
The closest relatives of the Green Bunyip that you can see in Lamington National Park (family Cicadidae, Typical Cicadas) are Razor Grinder (about 20%), Small Bottle Cicada (about 20%) and Bladder Cicada (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Bunyip is recorded against all the insects logged in Lamington National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
