Monday, April 08, 2013

glow worm


          Glow Worm Facts
Glow worms live in dark places like caves and dark forests.

There are lots of different glow worms that live in the world but there is only one kind In new zealand. it is called a arachnocampa luminosa.

The female can lay up to one hundred eggs.
 
Glow worms mostly live in dark places like caves and forests and just in dark spots.
Glow worms use its glow to attract food like an insect to eat.

Glow worms eat things like a midget fly’ firefly and anything wingles.       

Four stages are involved in a glow worm's life  cycle the egg changes into larva the pupa and finally the adult  files.

Glow worms can survive only in damp dark places where their light can be seen.

A  glow worm uses its glow to invite insects to diner. Insects fly towards the glow and get stuck in the sticky lines that the glow worm makes like a spider web. It also uses its glow to turn other creatures off eating it.

Glow worms live in caves because they are damp so the glow worm doesn’t dry out; because there are lots hanging surfaces; because there are lots of insects and its dark to allow the glow worms glow to be seen.

This is a picture of a glow worm's life cycle look its gos as a egg then a glow worm then a pupa and finally the adult flies.                                        
                                                                                                   
I got the picture from a website called glow worms life cycle in images.  I got this image from www.waitomocaves.co.nz glow worm

1 comment:

  1. Well done Crystal. I like how you have remembered to reference where your information came from.

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