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Swamp Mahoganies can live for at least two hundred years.
After bush fires they regenerate by growing shoots from epicormic buds on the trunk.
The grey-headed flying fox eats the flowers, and koalas eat the leaves.
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Insects, such as psyllids, Christmas beetles and cicadas live on the tree and the larvae of the small staghorn beetle lives and pupates within the thick bark.
Grey Headed Flying Fox
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​The wood-moth breeds on its branches and makes a thick bag-like structure to hide from predators.
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