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[Global Times Comprehensive Report] According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) report on the 8th, the glowworm tunnel in Wollemi National Park in New South Wales, Australia has been upgraded, which not only facilitates tourists' visits but also ensures the safety of light-sensitive invertebrates.

The report said that the 387-meter-long glowworm tunnel area was once part of the Wolgan Valley railway line. After the railway was closed in 1932, the glowworms "moved in". Because the tunnel is very dark and there is a stream flowing through it, glowworms breed here in large numbers, and this tunnel has become a well-known local attraction.

In order to facilitate tourists to watch fireflies and prevent tourists from affecting the living environment of insects during their visit, the local government spent 4.3 million Australian dollars to upgrade the scenic area. Among them, the elevated passage built in the firefly tunnel requires workers to manually carry more than 350 tons of materials through more than one kilometer of dense forest to enter the tunnel. Australian Wildlife Health Bureau officials said that in order to protect these light-sensitive invertebrates, workers working in the tunnel must change their conventional working methods. "Construction must be done manually, and gasoline or fuel-driven machinery cannot be used in the tunnel because they release chemicals and smoke... which is harmful to fireflies."

At the same time, experts who provided technical assistance for the renovation project said that fireflies cannot see red light, and workers use red light sources to illuminate the work area, which has relatively little impact on them. In addition, to ensure that fireflies are not affected during the construction process, technicians also installed time-lapse cameras in the tunnel to monitor their movements. (Zhou Yang)