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Food Chain
A food chain (or food web) is used to show what eats what in an ecosystem. Use the internet to
research examples of food chain diagrams. Can you use the following labelled images to create a
food chain diagram for Banksia Woodland? You will find useful information to assist you with this on
the following page.
Chuditch
Dugite
Gnweeyark or
Carnaby’s BlackCockatoo
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Noodji or Ash-Grey
Mouse
Bobtail Skink
Spiny Weevil
Borer Beetle
Tuart
Balga or Grasstree
Grey Stinkwood
Piara or Slender
Banksia
Native Buttercups
Decomposers
Western Bearded
Dragon
Menzies Banksia
Food Chain Information
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Wedge-tailed Eagle: Top predator. Wedge-tailed Eagles eat carrion as well as medium to
large lizards, large birds and mammals.
Chuditch: An aggressive predator. Chuditch eat animals up to the size of a chicken, including
Noodjis, Bobtail skinks. Dugites, Western Bearded Dragons and baby Carnaby’s BlackCockatoos, if they can reach the nest.
Dugite: An efficient predator of small mammals and small and medium-sized lizards, including
Noodjis, Bobtail Skinks and Western Bearded Dragons.
Noodji: Noodjis are plant eaters and like seeds, flowers and foliage.
Bobtail Skink: Bobtails are omnivorous and eat insects, carrion and flowers, fruits and leaves
of plants.
Western Bearded Dragon: Insects and other moving prey, as well as petals of Native
Buttercups, Stinkwood and other brightly coloured native flowers.
Slender Banksia: has tall, yellow flower spikes which develop into cones containing large
seeds.
Menzies Banksia: has large orange-red flower spikes which develop into cones containing
large seeds.
Spiny Weevil: Larvae and adult Spiny Weevils feed on Grey Stinkwood and Grasstrees.
Grey Stinkwood: A sprawling, upright shrub with brightly coloured yellow and orange pea
flowers and small seed pods.
Borer Beetle: Borer beetle larvae feed inside the wood of Slender Banksias and Tuarts until
they are ready to emerge as adult beetles.
Decomposers: A range of small invertebrates,
fungi and beneficial bacteria which break down
dead animal and plant material, releasing nutrients
into the soil.
Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo: feeds on Menzies
Banksia, Slender Banksia, Tuart and Borer Beetle
larvae.
Native Buttercups: a low shrub with bright yellow
flowers.
Balga or Grasstree: a distinctive plant with a black trunk topped with long, narrow leaves.
Spiny Weevils and other insects feed on its foliage, flowers and sap.