| 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 Clipstone Old Quarter
June 2011 |
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| Adult female
Glow Worm, photographed by day at Clumber Park June 2008 |
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| Adult male
Glow Worm, photographed by day at Clipstone Old Quarter,
June 2011 |
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| Adult male
Glow Worm, photographed by day at Clumber Park, June 2008 |
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| Adult female
Glow Worms, photographed by night at Clipstone Old
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| Ovae, laid
by ex Clumber Park female on June 28th. |
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Newly hatched larva,
reared from eggs ex Clumber Park female and hatched July
26th 2008 |
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| Full grown
Glow Worm larva, photographed Clipstone Old Quarter,
early May 2008. Length 18mm. |
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Full grown
female larva feeding on Dusky Slug (Arion subfuscous)
at Clipstone Old Quarter larva. Length 28mm. Photographed
April 26th 2010. |
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| Glow Worm
pupa from ex Clipstone Old Quarter larva. Photographed
June 1st 2009. |
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| Adult female
Glow Worm, emerging from pupa (reared ex Clipstone Old
Quarter larvae) photographed June 10th 2009 |
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