| Glow
Worm Lampyris
noctiluca
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| This is
perhaps one of the most well known of all beetles, but
one which I had never seen before 2008 and certainly many
others have probably never seen. It has a scattered
distribution across Nottinghamshire, with a stronghold in
the Sherwood Forest area (Ref: Sheila Wright) Although it has probably disappeared from
many of it's former Nottinghamshire localities, there is
a likelyhood that it may still be present, but in much
reduced numbers. It is considered as being local across
much of the UK, where numbers have declined at many sites
in recent years. |
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| Adult
female Glow Worm, photographed by day at Clumber Park,
Nottinghamshire on June 28th 2008 |
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| Adult
male Glow Worm, photographed by day at Clumber Park,
Nottinghamshire on June 28th 2008 |
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| Adult
female Glow Worms, photographed by night at Clipstone Old
Quarter Sherwood Forest, June 2008 |
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| Full grown Glow Worm
larva, photographed Clipstone Old Quarter Sherwood
Forest, early May 2008. Length 18mm. |
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Newly hatched larva,
reared from eggs ex Clumber Park female, laid on June
28th and hatched July 26th 2008 (eggs kept indoors) |
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| 2008 Glow
Worm sightings ...Monitoring
a Glow Worm colony in Sherwood Forest |
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