Glow Worms

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A Glow Worm (Fire Fly) glows to attract small insects .

The glow worms construct snares made from silk threads and sticky droplets to capture the insects attracted to their glow

Slide 2

Glow Worms are Larvae

Glow worms are larvae (immature stage) of a small fly.

The larvae stage is only stage in their life cycle when they can glow

Slide 3

Glow Worms Adults

Glow worms adults are delicate & don’t have mouth-parts & only live for small no. of days.

Female adults live for two days & males only for 6 days

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Glow Worms Life

As Adults can’t feed itself ,so glow-worms must gain enough strength at larval stage to spend adult life .

The larvae are believed to live for approximately one year

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Glow Worms Life

The light produced by it is 99% light & 1% heat.

The chemicals needed to generate light are all produced within glow-worm body

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Glow Worms Habitat

Glow worms require permanently ,moist habitat for their survival .

So they are dependent on rain forests & wet caves.

Slide 7

Glow Worm Poem

I wish I was a glow-worm,

a glow-worm is never glum

Because how can you be grumpy

When the sun shines out of your bum