# @designgod___ai on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BYvE1i_nvex
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63473292-designgod-ai-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2017-09-07T09:56:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** DesignGod_____ai (@designgod___ai) — https://gondola.cc/designgod___ai

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Today's exploration to Waitomo Glowworm (45m) + Ruakuri (2h) cave. About 3 hours drive from Auckland south.
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The name "Waitomo" comes from the Māori words wai, water and tomo, hole or shaft." .
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"A glowworm is the larvae stage in the lifecycle of a two-winged insect. It grows as long as a matchstick and looks a bit like a maggot. The one we have in New Zealand is arachnocampa luminosa. 'Arachno' means spider-like, which refers to the way glowworms catch flying insects like spiders do. 'Campa' means larva and 'luminosa' means light-producing."
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"A glowworm uses its glow to attract food and to burn off its waste. It's tail glows because of bioluminescence, which is a reaction between the chemicals given off by the glowworm and the oxygen in the air. This chemical reaction produces light, which the glowworm can control by reducing the oxygen to the light organ. Insects fly towards the light and get stuck in the sticky lines that the glowworm hangs down to catch food. Glowworms also use their glow to put other creatures off eating them.".
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"Glowworms can survive only in very damp, dark places where their light can be seen. They need a ceiling that is fairly much horizontal from which they can hang their sticky feeding lines, and a sheltered place where wind does not dry them out or tangle their lines. The Waitomo Glowworm Caves provide a perfect environment with an abundance of insects brought into the cave via the river."
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"The lifecycle of a Glowworm is in four stages and takes about 11 months. Eggs are laid in clutches of 30-40 on walls and ceilings. Immediately on hatching from the egg, the larvae emit a light, build a nest, put down lines and feed. Sticky substances on the lines trap insects and these are drawn up and devoured.

The larvae stage is the longest phase in the creature's life and lasts around nine months. It then turns into a pupa in a cocoon and emerges as a two winged flying insect, which looks like a large mosquito."
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Admission tickets are about $90nz.
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