Keroplatidae

Lake McLaren, Tarunga, New Zealand. Glow worm caves. Courtesy of Waimarino Ltd.

Longitude (deg): -1.2. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Male imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "indoors, flying around the windows in the evening"....

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Longitude (deg): -1.2. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Male imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "indoors, flying around the windows in the evening"....

Sticky threads and glow of a glowworm awaiting dinner (can't actually see the insect!).

Flash photo of glowworm. the light from it is washed out by the flash, but it is the right hand end (above the sticky thread) of the worm that lights up.

Inside a cave.

Beside small stream.

There are glow worms on the banks of the first stream south of the Totaranui camp ground on the track to Goat Bay.

There are glow worms on the banks of the first stream south of the Totaranui camp ground on the track to Goat Bay.

There are glow worms on the banks of the first stream south of the Totaranui camp ground on the track to Goat Bay.

A glow worm lair with my flash fired, on the side of the track.

A few in a gold mine. Location approximate, track not on google maps.

Glow worm larva beside a track at Otari/Wiltons Bush. 30 sec. exposure and fill flash.

Glow worm larva beside a track at Otari/Wiltons Bush. 30 sec. exposure and fill flash.

Glow worm snares in small hollows in a damp, dirt wall entrance to a disused manganese mine surrounded by regenerating native forest.

Glow worm snares in small hollows in a damp, dirt wall entrance to a disused manganese mine surrounded by regenerating native forest.

Glow worm snares in small hollows in a damp, dirt wall entrance to a disused manganese mine surrounded by regenerating native forest.

Many glow worm snares under a damp bank overhang near a small bush stream.

Many glow worm snares under a damp bank overhang near a small bush stream.

Many glow worm snares under a damp bank overhang near a small bush stream.