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Glow Worms (Titiwai)

Arachnocampa luminosa

Description:

I found these guys in the redwood forest in Rotorua, New Zealand!

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8 Comments

ArushiMisra
ArushiMisra 12 years ago

Wow... awesome

windmustache
windmustache 12 years ago

Wow! Incredible creature!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Wonderful Beauty !

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Is it just me or is there an optical illusion in the first picture that (as you track across it from left to right) makes them appear to sway slightly? I love 'em.

HeatherMiller
HeatherMiller 12 years ago

Incredible that those are alive.

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

Ooops- sorry Jessy, didn't see you already had a Ref. there.

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

These are just incredible! Never knew they existed so thanks for sharing! Attaching Wiki so folk can read for themselves how astonishing this creature is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnocamp...

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Wow! Looks like attached water droplets!

JessyZich
Spotted by
JessyZich

Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Spotted on Oct 20, 2009
Submitted on Oct 29, 2011

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