Close up of firefly glow worm in Landour

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We filmed these freshly born / hatched glow worms hatching from their pupae / the pupa, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Uttarakhand, India. Just like fireflies, they glow in the dark. The Common glow-worm can be found in a number of locations including: Asia, China, Europe, Indian subcontinent, Russia, United Kingdom, Wales. Common glow-worms are actually bioluminescent beetles. It is the females which glow most noticeably - the larvae and adult males produce only a faint glow. The larvae are predatory and hunt slugs and snails, but as adults they rarely feed. Females have only a few weeks in which to attract a mate and lay eggs. After this, they die. As well as attracting a mate, the glowing abdomen is a warning to predators to stay away - glow-worms taste bad and conta