Daintree Rainforest

Ulysses Butterfly

Ulysses butterflies are found all over Northern Australian rainforests. They are around 5.5 inches wide and have a bright blue coloring. They feed on all kinds of plants in the rainforest.

Ulysses Butterfly

Lawyer Cane

"Wait-a-while"

The scientific name for this plant is calamus motii. The plant has rows of large hooks or thorns spirally wrapped around the main stems. It also has long think whip-like flagella with re-curved burbs. These help them climb canopies and reach more sunlight which creates stronger more complex plants.

Lawyer Cane

Spotted Catbird

The spotted catbird is a common animal found in the Daintree Rainforest. It has a bright green color and spends most of its time foraging, as it blends in to its surroundings well.

Spotted Catbird

Stinging Tree

The stinging tree is one of Australia's most toxic plants. They're found in most of Australia's tropical rainforests. The leaves of this plant have small hairs on them that when touched can cause extreme pain for several days. There are few animals in the rainforest who are immune to the sting, such as the spotted catbird.

Stinging Tree

Wasps

Lowland rainforest insect life is the most diverse in Australia. There are over 40 different species of wasps in the Daintree rainforest alone.

- spend most of the day looking for food/ defending their territory

- rely on leaves to reproduce

*rain*

Wasps

Spectacled Flying Fox

Spectacled flying foxes are found in rainforests in Northern Australia. They look similar to bats when hanging from trees. They prefer being high up in the trees where they can get sunlight. They mainly feed on small insects and fruit.

Spectacled Flying Fox

Yellow-footed Micropore

Yellow-footed Micropore's have a mature fruiting body that is shaded in rings of brown and beige and supported on a yellow-footed stem. On the bottom side, they have thousands of tiny pores. They are usually found on rotting wood in tropical rainforests.

Yellow-footed micropore

Estuarine Crocodile

The Estuarine Crocodile has a long well-toothed snout, eyes and nostrils on top of the head, thick skin with embedded bony plates and webbed feet. They normally range in color from golden tan to grey to black. Their average length is 3 to 5 meters. They usually live in water habitats like rivers or swamps but will hunt on land.

Eustuarine Crocodile

Prey - birds, sea turtles, cattle and other mammals

Predator- none usually just die and decompose

Rufous Owl

The rufous owl is exclusively a tropical owl. It is not endangered but rare to be seen. They roost in thick vegetation during the day, and come out to hunt at night.

- sharp beak, talons

- birds, flying foxes,

tree-rats

*threats*

Golden Orb Spider

These large spiders normally have a gold or plum colored body with jet-black and yellow striped legs. They live mostly on branches of dead trees and feed on various types of insects. Their main predators are birds. They also have a very venomous bite that could kill bigger animals like a bat.

Golden Orb Spider

Termites

a small, pale soft-bodied insect that lives in large colonies with several different castes, typically within a mound of cemented earth or in a nest in trees.

- small pincers

- wood, animal feces, dead plants

- feeds when the colony finds food

- eaten by birds

Termites