Glowworm #4
by Danté Fenolio
Title
Glowworm #4
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Danté Fenolio
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Photograph - Photograph
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A variety of invertebrates go by the name of glowworm. One kind of glowworm in North America is a larval mycetocephalid fly, Orfelia fultoni. The larval flies spin a web like a spider, hence another common name, 'web worm.' Also like a spider, they eat the insects that they capture in their webs. To attract insects to their webs, glowworms have two lanterns in their bodies that produce a bright blue light. The light draws nocturnal insects into the webs, where they are consumed by the larval flies. This species was photographed in Alabama (2010).
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June 12th, 2013
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