I just thought I would say a thing about these amazing little guys that invented the light bulb way before us humans. It is of course the "glow worm" Apparently they exist in the UK but I have never seen them there (I spent 29 years living in south east UK). In the last month I have seen upto 15 of them in our garden (in Lausanne) I was just wandering How common they are here. So here are some facts I picked up off the net...
Key glow worm facts:
- Only adult females glow, to attract the flying males
- Adult glow worms can't feed, so they can live only for 14 days or so
- Once a female glow worm has mated, she turns out her light, lays eggs and dies
- Leave glow worms where they are – they know best where they like to be
- Don’t take glow worms home – they need specialized habitat
