glow-worm

The glow-worm is named both well and badly: although it is a kind of beetle, not a worm, it certainly does glow.

Weatherwatch: glow-worms 2011

When I was little, the thing I wanted to do most was visit the glow-worm caves -- although I admit I actually got the idea that there was only one glow-worm cave.

Land Of My Bones. karenhealey 2010

Some sayings seem to contradict each other, with one rhyme claiming that "When the glow-worm lights her lamp, the air is always damp", while another says that "When the glow-worm glows, dry, hot weather follows".

Weatherwatch: glow-worms 2011

Ms. KILGORE and Mr. FRISHBERG: (Singing) Glow little glow-worm, turn the key on.

Celebrating The Johnny Mercer Centennial 2009

Mr. FRISHBERG and Ms. KILGORE (Singing) Glow little glow-worm, glow.

Celebrating The Johnny Mercer Centennial 2009

Ms. KILGORE: (Singing) Glow little glow-worm, glow and glimmer.

Celebrating The Johnny Mercer Centennial 2009

Lead us on to love Mr. FRISHBERG: (Singing) Glow little glow-worm, fly of fire.

Celebrating The Johnny Mercer Centennial 2009

Displays of Tasmanian glow-worm Arachnocampa tasmaniensis can be seen at several locations, particularly at Exit and Entrance caves.

Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia 2008

And yet — and yet — I would rally the matter off, Alan; but in dark nights even the glow-worm becomes an object of lustre, and to one plunged in my uncertainty and ignorance, the slightest gleam that promises intelligence is interesting.

Redgauntlet 2008

The stars may be the canopy over her head, the glow-worm in the night's cold grass be the fire at her feet, but home is where she is; and for a noble woman it stretches far around her, — better than houses with ceilings of cedar, or with paintings of the masters, shedding its quiet light for those who else were homeless.

Manners at Home 2006