• Question: How fast is it and where does it travel?

    Asked by wagwan88 to Glow Worm, Strapwort, Lundy Cabbage, European Flat Oyster, Eurasian Otter on 21 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by nicole williams.
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      Glow Worm answered on 21 Nov 2017:

      Female glow-worms hardly move at all as adults but males can fly at about the same speed as a human can walk, so the females wait for males to come to them. A glow-worm larva takes about five minutes to walk a metre and in the spring they go off in search of somewhere to pupate and turn into an adult. Even a puddle or a busy road can be a real obstacle.

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