This Is Why We Could Be Seeing More Glow-Worms In The UK

Usually found in woodland areas in southern regions of the UK, glow-worms are a group of light-producing insects that emit a beautiful – yep, you guessed it –glow. Strangely though, they’re not actually worms, but rather beetles.These ethereal little critters are a sight to behold and are especially prevalent in the High Weald – but sadly over the past 20 years, the population of glow-worms is estimated to have declined by 3.5% per year in south-east England.Now, one man is determined to change this, according to an interview with BBC News. Young conservationist committed to rescuing glow-worms from declineEcologist Pete Cooper spoke with BBC News about his passion for increasing the glow-worm population in the UK, saying it “has been the symbol of the other world, of love, of hope, of rebirth, of simply the great mysteries of nature”. In fact, glow-worms were quite literally a light in the dark for Cooper during the first lockdown in 2020. It was then that he started to breed them in