Common glow-worm
Lampyris noctiluca
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Key identifying features
Female's last abdominal segments glow steady greenish-yellow
Female wingless with a flattened, segmented larva-like body
Male's head fully hidden beneath a semicircular thoracic shield
Insect
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Length
- 10–25 mm
Active months
- May
- June
- July
- August
Similar species
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