How Do Glow Worms Eat?

What do glow-worms eat? Glow worms do all their eating as larvae. They feed on slugs and snails by injecting their digestive juices into their prey and drinking the digested remains. Adults don't even have mouthparts.

How do glow worms catch their food?

In the larval form, the glow-worm builds a mucous tube up to 40 centimetres long along the cave ceiling. ... These droplets trap flying insects attracted to the blue-green light emitted by the tail of the larva. Once the insect is stuck, the larva uses its mouth to haul up the fishing line and swallow the prey.

Can you touch glow worms?

Please look, but don't touch. Glow-worms are sensitive to disturbance and will switch off their lights and retreat into a crack if they or their snares are touched.