M Molvray & P Kores: Photos of Wildflowers, Nature, and Biology

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The glowworm makes the web and sticky stuff to trap insects.It glows at night, but even then is very hard to spot, hiding against the rock above the web. A glowworm is about the size of a small earthworm.