glow worm hunt

my oh is talking about us sitting down lanes 10 til 12pm spotting glow worms but is not entirely sure if its the right time of year yet has any1 seen any yet or knows when best time to spot them is please? xx cheers xx

 

Hi Joolz,

We have seen them over on the Isle of Wight in the summer months {July} when we went to Parkhurst Forest to see the Nightjars one evening.It was well after nine when they put in an appearance and was lovley to see as we had never seen them before.This was in the days before Digi cameras so couldn't even get photos of them:D

I am not sure what the life cycle is of the species and on Googling could only find references to ones seen abroad in New Zealand and America etc which is of no use to you where you live

Someone who is bound to know will come along to help you in your quest as they are a nice sight to see

 

Hi Joolz,

Have a look at this thread from last week,

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/identification-area/34172-do-you-know-what.html

I know they go off in Turkey at this time of year as I was working there last week of may to 3rd week of june, but the only time I know that i've seen them here was august.

 

well i finally went down the lanes looking last for them last night and we found 3 :D ...wish id taken a torch thou so i could get a better look at them as they are buried in the grass all i could see was neon green dots and my photo isnt very good but il add it anyway

 

Thats great Joolz, all you need now is a trip to Turkey to see the flashing ones, might take some convincing with OH:D

 

last time i went off road in turkey i seen the biggest lizzard! komodo size! marmaris market i will do but no turkish lanes im a coward:o x

 

Fortunatly the 2.5m snake that I disturbed went in the other direction, which was good as it was going faster than I could run.:runhills:

Even after getting back here, it was months before we got out of the habit of picking up stones from above, rather than putting your hand under them in case of scorpions.