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| Total
number of glows x 22 nights |
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870 |
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|
Highest
recorded number of glows per observation period |
|
264 |
| Total
average glows per night |
|
39.54 |
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|
Highest
recorded number of glows per single minute period |
|
6 |
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| Date: 01/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate damp. ... Food available: No. |
| Notes: Larva inactive
throughout the observation period. |
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| Date: 02/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate dry. ... Food available: No. |
| Notes: Larva inactive and
observed to glow 91 times until 22:46h, then very active
for an hour, but not seen to glow after 23:43h. |
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| Date: 03/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: Yes. |
| Notes: Larva not seen to
be active during the day, but two definite activity
periods during observations between 22:00h and 00:00h,
becoming inactive from 23:10h. Glowed a total of 65
times. |
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| Date: 04/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate dry. ... Food available: No. |
| Notes: Larva believed to
have fed below ground level during the day. Remained
inactive throughout the observation period. |
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| Date: 05/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: Yes. |
| Notes: Larva sporadically
active during the observation period this evening,
producing an unusual series of well spaced single glows. |
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| Date: 06/09/12
... Time:
00:00h-02:00h. (later obs period)... Conditions:
Indoors at room temperature. Substrate dry. ... Food available: No. |
| Notes: Larva inactive. |
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| |
| |
| Date: 07/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate dry. ... Food available: No. |
| Notes: Larva active for
two lengthy periods during the observation period, but
glowed only sporadically. |
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| |
| Date: 08/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: No. |
| Notes: Larva inactive
after a short period of glowing. Began glowing well from
just after 23:30h. Glowed 75 times. |
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| |
| Date: 09/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: No. |
| Notes: Larva extremely
active throughout the observation period and noticeably
increased the number of glows produced after 23:00h.
Recorded glowing on a total of 264 occasions. |
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| |
| Date: 10/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate dry. ... Food available: Yes. |
| Notes: Larva very active
initially during the observation period, followed later
by a series of single glows in three clear periods of
activity. |
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| |
| Date: 11/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: No. |
| Notes: Larva active and
producing mostly single glows per minute (gpm) till just
after 23:00h. The gpm rate increased greatly after
23:10h, when the larva was found climbing through grass,
with some glows of between eight and ten seconds
recorded. Became inactive again from 23:40h. Glowed 123
times. |
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| |
| Date: 12/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: No. |
| Notes: Larva active for a
short period from 22:05h, become inactive after 22:17h.
Glowed 17 times. |
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| |
| Date: 13/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: Yes. |
| Notes: Larva very active
for the first hour of the observation period. Then became
inactive and failed to glow again. Glowed a total of 95
times. |
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| |
| Date: 14/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: Yes. |
| Notes: Larva generally inactive, but flared
brightly at 22:59h, when believed to have caught a slug
and then glowed continuously bright enough to illuminate
the moss around it, until the end of the observation
period. Was recorded to be still glowing (though less
bright) at 01:00h. |
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| Date: 15/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: Yes. |
| Notes: Larva inactive. |
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| |
| Date: 16/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: Yes. |
| Notes: Larva inactive. |
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| |
| |
| Date: 17/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: Yes. |
| Notes: Larva active for a
short period of low gpm around 22:10h, then soon became
inactive. Glowed eight times. |
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| |
| |
| Date: 18/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: No. |
| Notes: Larva produced
several clearly defined periods of activity. Glowed 51
times. |
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| |
| |
| Date: 19/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h. ... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: Yes. |
| Notes: Larva active for a
short period at the start of the oservation period.
Glowed 15 times, with best activity centred around
22:10h. |
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| |
| Date: 20/09/12
... Time:
00:00h-02:00h. (later obs period) ... Conditions:
Indoors at room temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: Yes. |
| Notes: Larva feeding on a
slug and inactive. |
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| |
| Date: 21/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h.... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: Yes. |
| Notes: Larva inactive. |
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| |
| Date: 22/09/12
... Time:
22:00h-00:00h.... Conditions: Indoors at room
temperature. Substrate wet. ... Food available: Yes. |
| Notes: Larva virtually
inactive throughout after feeding during the day.
Produced a short period of glowing activity within the
first 20 minutes of the observing period. |
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