Glowworm

Japanese: glowworm
Glowworm

…The British insect guide states that, “The sight of countless numbers of these insects on roadsides and embankments is truly spectacular.” In English, fireflies are called fireflies or glowworms. A worm is a soft insect that lives on the ground, like an earthworm or maggot, because the females of the above species lack wings and look just like larvae. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "glowworm" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イギリスの昆虫図鑑などには〈この昆虫が道端や土堤に無数にいるところはまことに壮観である〉と書かれている。 英語では蛍をfireflyまたはglowwormと呼ぶ。wormはミミズやうじのような地面にいる柔らかい虫のことであるが,それは上記の種の雌が翅を欠き,幼虫そっくりの形態をしているためである。…

※「glowworm」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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