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A
Glow Worm
is a plush children's toy from the
80's
. They were little
worm
shaped things with
segmented
bodies, and when you squeezed or hugged them, their faces would light up. They ran on
D cell
batteries, and the way they lit up was that as you
squeezed
them, you squeezed a lever together that completed the
battery circuit
, powering the light bulb in their face. I had one as a child that was green, and he wore a little green
pajama
hat. He was one of my most valued
childhood possesions
, and I still have him somewhere.
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The
female
glow worm is equipped with a marvelous lighting system. A wingless
beetle
, she crawls about at night eating small
insect
s. On the lower side of her
abdomen
she posesses a "lantern" which she uses to signal to her winged mate flying above. This "lantern" has a
transparent
layer of skin. Behind this is an
oily
layer of tissue which chemically produces the light, and a second layer which acts as a
reflector
.
The glow worm is able to control this remarkably bright light, using it only at certain times to attract a mate. The male is equipped with particularly large eyes to enable him to see the signal. An abundant supply of oxygen and water is needed by the glow worn to maintain the chemical activity that produces the light. For a time, even the insect's eggs are
luminous
.
Glow worms, which are about half an inch long, are
native
s of
Europe
.
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