Sunday 31 July 2016

GLOW WORM



A worm is found in Ziarat District which emits yellowish, greenish light in night. It is found in summer. It can be seen on the walls, plants and tress producing light when one goes out in night. These glow worm is a medium to large sized invertebrate.
These worms produces a green and yellow coloured light on the end of it's tail.  The light is "cold light", with no infrared or ultraviolet frequencies. It produces a strong voice in the night. They are harmless to humans.
 
Glow worms resemble to actual worms, but the difference is of its glow in the dark. They have an ability to produce and emit light in the dark biochemically. This process is called bioluminescence. 
Glow worms are nocturnal animals and due to it they are active during the dark night which is when their glowing rears can be seen.

Glow worms are omnivorous animals but they tend to have a very meat-based diet.. Glow worms also prey on other insects and small invertebrates.

Due to their small size and the fact that they glow in the darkness, glow worms have numerous natural predators within their environment including spiders, large insects, birds, reptiles and centipedes.
Their green-lit tails tend to show up most clearly when the sun goes down at dusk.  it is one of the most fascinating phenomena in the nature.. it looks very is beautiful to observe the  glowing bioluminescence in the dark.  

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