On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 14:45:53 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 2011-03-09 12:11:21 +0000, "shazzbat"
said:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2011-03-09 10:04:52 +0000, "shazzbat"
said:


"gogo" wrote in message
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On 08/03/2011 21:29, rbel wrote:
On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:47:34 -0000, shazzbat
wrote:

I dug up this handsome specimen this morning. The top of it is black,
or very dark brown. I haven't come across this one before, anyone know
what it is?

http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t282/shazzbat3/


Initial thought is that it is the _larval stage_ of a beetle, probably
one of the many species of staphylinidae ('staph' or rove beetle) a very
good predator of garden pests.


I agree completely. Type "staphylinidae larvae" or "coleoptera larvae"
in Google image and you'll see many similar beatsies. Very difficult to
determine which though..

Thanks for your replies everyone. I've googled images and I think the
female glowworm is nearest to the one I found.

As long as I haven't suddenly acquired a deadly enemy I'm not that fussed.

Steve

Aren't glow worms pretty rare now? If you've got them, lucky you.
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I've never been to the allotment in the dark, so I wouldn't know. None
of the neighbours have reported anything glowing though.

Steve

I've only ever seen them at a friend's house in France. I think the
glow is the light of love - or lust - in mid-summer.
http://www.johntyler.co.uk/gwfacts.htm
Hi all
Glow worms are fairly rare but the lack of reporting and people not
recognising them skewers the numbers that are actually out there.
From about April onwards if you find the right area you will see the
larvae stage.(make a note of this as somewhere within 25-50 yards will
be the breeding ground)
Late July you need to go out when its dark to see the female glowing.
There is a reporting website http://www.glowworms.org.uk/
From which I have reported a colony and the more people report the
better overal picture will be seen.