It is found in coastal northern Australia, usually in rainforest and adjacent habitats.

[2] This species is typically green although a less common bright yellow form does occur.

It is predominantly a predator of insects including phasmids, grasshoppers, crickets, flies and other mantids.

It also feeds on other invertebrate predators such as spiders and occasionally small vertebrates like geckos, frogs, and juvenile snakes.

[citation needed] The species was originally described as Parhierodula majuscula from Northern Queensland near Cairns in 1923 by Norman Tindale.