- alongside hundreds of others.
边上还有好几百根 - Beautiful though these threads are,
虽然这些丝看起来很漂亮 - they have a sinister purpose.
它们却是阴险的陷阱 - This is a cave glow worm.
这是一种洞穴萤火虫 - To trap its prey it goes fishing with a line of silk.
它利用一根根的丝来诱捕猎物 - The silk comes from glands in the glow worm's mouth
丝产生自萤火虫口中的腺体 - and is loaded with droplets of mucus.
上面缀着一串粘液滴