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Kōrero: Glow-worms

Catching prey

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Glow-worm larvae catch their food on lines of sticky threads. When tiny insects get caught on the lines the glow-worm pulls up the thread with its mouth until the prey is close enough to eat.

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George Gibbs, Glow-worms – Life cycle, food and predators, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/9741/catching-prey (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā George Gibbs, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.