Worms gain nutrients from decaying animals and plants, and in turn they enrich the soil which helps the plants grow which feeds the herbivores.
Beetles' strong legs are used for digging into wood, and feed on different types of plants and things that grow on trees like nuts, fruits, and fungus.
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Ants feed on nearly anything in the forest, including dead plants and other decaying matter. With them building their nests and collecting food, they affect the nutrients in the soil which can affect plant growth and the animals that feed off of those plants.
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Fungi don't gain their nutrients from the sun like other plants do, they have to scavenge for their own food and use those nutrients from organisms like dead plants as their food source. They are most commonly seen during wet seasons, which is often in the rain forest. They eventually break down into the soil and disintegrate, which helps plants grow.
Cockroaches mainly feed on dead matter, such as decaying wood and other dead plants on the forest floor as well as in the trees.
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