Normal Behaviour For A Glow Worm
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Normal Behaviour For A Glow Worm
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 21 Jul 2012
This is a typical position for Image hiding low down in vegetation holding on to a leaf. Only the females glow and only the males have wings. Neither sex of adult beetle can feed they will die within a couple of weeks. The larva lives for two years feeding on slugs and snails see http://www.glowworms.org.uk/ for more info.
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