Tag: glow-worms
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Lights Out: Can We Stop Glow-Worms and Fireflies From Fading Away?
Overview: A twilight drama in the Somerset hedgerows As dusk settles over Westbury-sub-Mendip in Somerset, a quiet, twinkling drama unfolds beneath the hedgerows. Green sparks of light—tiny female glow-worms and their firefly cousins—signal a last-ditch mating season. These nocturnal creatures have long captured human imagination, but their numbers are dwindling in many regions. The question…
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Lights out: Can we stop glow-worms and fireflies fading away?
Why the lights are dimming for glow-worms and fireflies In pockets of Britain, the soft green flicker of glow-worms and the twinkling of fireflies mark summer nights with a hint of magic. But across many landscapes, those lights are fading. Ecologists warn that habitat loss, light pollution, pesticides, and climate fluctuations are shrinking the numbers…
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Lights out: can we stop glow-worms and fireflies fading away?
Introduction: A twilight crisis for glow-worms and fireflies As night falls across temperate landscapes, a delicate, bioluminescent drama unfolds. Glow-worms and fireflies light up hedgerows and meadows, signaling mates and maintaining essential ecological connections. But around the world, these luminous insects are fading away. From the hedgerows of Somerset to equivalent habitats in other regions,…