DSC_2701 Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina nerina) male courting female. This subspecies is common and widespread in the western Pacific and Australia, and is also a vagrant to New Zealand. Males courting females take up a strategic 'perch' in sunlit clearings, and aggressively drive off other other male blue moons in territorial displays. Kuranda, Queensland *
DSC_2494 Bumpy Satinash (Syzygium cormiflorum) a rainforest tree endemic to Queensland. The large flowers attract several bird and bat species and are followed by large cream or pinkish fruits. Both the fruit and the flowers are eaten by cassowary. Babinda Boulders, Queensland *
DSC_2179 Blue quandong (Elaeocarpus angustifolius) fruits lying on the forest floor. These large (20-30mm), bitter, edible fruit, are swallowed whole by cassowaries, wompoo pigeon and spectacled flying foxes, which pass the nut undamaged. Kuranda National Park, North Queensland *
