Glowworms return to a North Yorkshire reserve after more than 100 years; larvae raised in a Bristol garden shed have produced the first glowing females

• Image AI generatedGlowworms have returned to a North Yorkshire nature reserve after more than 100 years, following a conservation project that began with larvae being raised in a Bristol garden shed.
• The first glowing females have now been recorded at Nosterfield nature reserve, providing an early sign that the reintroduction of the endangered beetles is progressing.
• Volunteers from the Lower Ure Conservation Trust counted up to 12 glowing females over several weeks this summer, two years after hundreds of captive-reared larvae were released at the site.