![]() ![]() Although there is high species diversity in this area, actual insect numbers for many species tend to be quite low. Many local beetles are beautiful, with brightly-coloured or or iridescent carapaces. Of the insects, the most common and varied are the beetles (order Coleoptera) (There may be as many as several thousand species.) Beetles in the Daintree rainforest come in an amazing range of sizes, shapes, colours, and patterns. These species include ants, bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, moths, beetles, grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches (native and introduced), katydids, stick insects, and true bugs, and some of the most beautiful butterflies in the world, such as the Ulysses butterfly ( Papillio ulysses. There is high species diversity in the insects of Far North Queensland's lowland rainforest, including the Daintree area. Invertebrates - Insects Ulysses butterfly ![]()
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