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The Glow Worm (a/k/a Glow-Worm)

The glow worm is actually not a worm at all. The glow-worm is a beetle, although female glow worms never progress past larval stage, and as they are the ones that glow, people mistake them for worms.

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Glow Worms (Glowworms) and Bioluminescence

A reader from San Antonio, Texas wrote to us about worms with bioluminescence that he has been finding around his home. He hasn’t found the bioluminescent worms very often – just on a few evenings, and only during the winter months. When a worm exhibits bioluminescence, this means that its body is producing and emitting light though a chemical reaction – in other words, a bioluminescent worm is a worm that glows. So, in short, our reader is finding some sort of glowing worm. There are a number of so-called “glowworms” (also spelled “glow worms”), and of course all of these worms (which are actually not worms, but insect larvae) exhibit bioluminescence. Our reader was curious what kind of glowing worm he found, and it might seem obvious that he found some type of glowworm, but it’s a little more complicated than that. Below we’ll explain what glowworms are, and in so doing we’ll try to help our reader with his question about the bioluminescent worm he found.

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Glowing Worms in Your Grass?

Before becoming flies, the larvae look a bit like worms and glow through a process called “bioluminescence.” Bioluminescence is the emission of light by a living organism.

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Arachnocampa (Glow Worm)

These stunning creatures can only be found in Australia and New Zealand and they have the amazing ability to produce light naturally. The process glow worms use to produce light is called bioluminescence.

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Glow Worms and Fireflies

Rhagophthalmidae, a family of beetles that live in Asia, have organs that glow. These beetles might be relatives of the firefly but it is not presently confirmed. Very little is actually known about these beetles. The females are wingless and look like larvae when at their final stage of development in the lifecycle.

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Glowworm Glow Worm Toy

Another popular glowworm glow worm toy made by Fisher-Price is the Ocean Wonders Soothe & Glow Seahorse. The toy lights up and plays music as well. The musical selections are more varied than other toys.

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Glow Worms (Arachnocampa)

If you think you can make an average, everyday worm glow in the dark by feeding it certain foods or poking it with a stick, think again! Not to be confused with glow worm beetles, glow worms have the amazing ability to produce light naturally and they can only be found in Australia and New Zealand.

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Glow Worms: Green Nightcrawlers are Easy-to-spot Bait

Nightcrawlers, a popular brown fish bait, are now sold as glow worms. The glow-in-the-dark green nightcrawler worms are quite attractive to catfish and other game species.