Go spelunking in some of New Zealand’s limestone caves and you can leave your headlamp behind, for thousands of glowworms cast an eerie, soft light: 📸: Joseph Michael
some of New Zealand's limestone caves and you can leave your headlamp behind. Thousands of, or New Zealand glowworms cling to the walls and ceiling, casting an eerie, soft light.Joseph Michael
hiked into four of them to capture the bugs, which are the larval form of a gnat, in their luminous glory. The photos are fantastic, but Michael says they're nothing compared to the real thing. “The camera enhances the experience with the long exposure, but seeing the worms with the naked eye is just as magical,” he says.
After hatching, the larva spin silk nests on the roof and walls of caves. They'll hang as many as 70 silk threads, each as long as 20-inches and designed to snare insects like mayflies, mosquitoes, and moths. The soft glowing light lures prey. “It just looks like you’re looking up at a starscape, which is insane,” Michael says. The creatures also glow in the pupa and adult stages, but the point then is to attract mates.
Getting these amazing shots often required Michael to crawl, even wiggle, through tight spaces. Some caves were filled with water, which meant hours with wet feet. Others are popular attractions.
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