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IN Mr. Lloyd Bozward's letter on the above subject in this week's NATURE, he says that the light of the Scolopendra electrica βis the same as that of the glow-worm.β My experience is that the light of the glow-worm is a clear little spark of light; whereas that of the Scolopendra electrica (which I have usually found in the autumn) is more of a phosphorescent light, and streaks of this light are left for a few seconds in the trail of the animal as it crawls about, so that it is often difficult to say exactly where the creature is. I have no doubt others have observed the same thing.
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PLOWMAN, T. A Luminous Centipede. Nature 53, 249 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053249e0
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