Lunastra

Lunastra is a medium sized, blue-tinted, female gender of the Teostra. They commonly live in high cool towers, and hot regions like the volcanoes. Lunastra has also been spotted in the desert by few hunters.

=Battle= Lunastra, and their male version Teostra, are unique monsters because they actually use their Flame Sac to produce a fire breathing effect, rather than just a beam or a fireball, and they can still pounce on you even when they are affected by Flash Bombs. The Lunastra can produce a highly flammable powder and, by using its wings, spread it across the air. It then gnashes its teeth to create a spark, which then causes the powder around itself to ignite and explode. The explosions have random range; they can be either close, reasonably far away or very far away from where she's standing. If the sparks are red, then the explosions will be close, but if the sparks are yellow, then the explosions will be distant. Sometimes, you can escape the blast of the close-range explosions by standing underneath the head (or as close as possible), but this does not always work.

They are weakest to dragon-based weapons.

To prevent Lunastra from using her fire aura during the current and subsequent fights (although other Lunastra can use their aura after this one is killed), you must break her horns. Inflicting any kind of ailment also temporarily disables her fire aura. Poisoning her is the best way to get her down, because the poison not only disables the barrier for a minute but also damages her. Another way to make her fire aura stop is by throwing a Flash Bomb. If you smash Lunastra's head then you can get a Lunastra Horn in your reward screen. Don't be discouraged if it at first doesn't break, as you need to deal at least some Dragon Element, and Lunastras health must be below 60%.

Trivia

 * Lunastra is not available in Guild Quests; they are only in Village quests.
 * G Lvl Lunastra armor (Empress X) is obtainable; it requires High Rank Lunastra materials, and G Lvl Teostra materials.
 * The effect of her flame barrier can be nullified by wearing an armor with the skill called Terrain Damage Negate, for example: Lava X and Kusha X. (G-rank)
 * Like Teostra and Kushala Daora, when Lunastra is poisoned, its flame aura disappears.
 * Making her flinch, paralising her or making her fall will stop her flame aura for a little while.
 * In MHF2, after slaying a Lunastra, the old peddler woman will give you a Biography of the Hero of Jumbo, which can be used to craft a one handed sword.