Glowworms bred in captivity to be released in southern England

More than 500 larvae already set free in Hampshire and Cornwall as part of project to revive declining species

They once lit up summer nights, people read by their luminescence and they've been celebrated by everyone from William Shakespeare to Crowfoot, a 19th-century North American chief.

But glowworms have had their lights dimmed by a cult of tidiness in the countryside, the loss of wild meadows and light pollution.