Show the glow worms light the english glow worm is the wing lees female of a winged beetle somo that the light she bears is be for her protection to scare away the nightingale and other birds others however believe that the gift of brightness is abo very lore by which her foes are assisted to discover and devour her anch speculation has been indulged in ax to the nature of the glow worms light which is not put out by water nor seemingly capable of giving forth any heat it has been asserted that the light diffusing substance contains phosphorus but this has never been proved certainly it is incapable of communicating ignition to anything washington star |