Rainforest Zone
If you’ve never been inside a tropical rainforest, have we got a treat in store for you! Be an explorer in our very own tropical rainforest, complete with the sights and sounds of the most unexplored regions on the Earth’s surface.
Our very own Leaf Cutter Ant colony will be hard at work, under supervision from the ever watchful eye of the lethal Praying Mantid. Squirm with delight as you watch the very long, very slow Seychelles Millipede march its way around the forest, and then gasp in wonder at the Panamanian Paper Wasps – real life insects with an unusual secret although you’ll have to visit BugWorld to find out what it is!
BUGS OF THE RAINFOREST
Giant Millipede
Millipedes (Class Diplopoda, previously also known as Chilognatha) are arthropods that have two pairs of legs per segment (except for the first segment behind the head which does not have any appendages at all, and the next few which only have one pair of legs).
Salmon Pink Tarantula
This spider (also called a birdeater) (Lasiodora parahybana) is an arachnid belonging to the tarantula family and is generally considered to be the largest spider (by leg-span) in the world.
BUG TV
EUGLANDINA ROSEA FACTS...
- This species is native to tropical North America.
- The rosy wolfsnail, Euglandina rosea, is a species of large predatory land snail.
- This species is a voracious predator.
DID YOU KNOW?
Leafcutter ants are social insects found in warmer regions of the Americas.
These unique ants have evolved an advanced agricultural system based on ant-fungus mutualism.