Searching at night with UV illumination is now a standard method of collecting scorpions. A Google search with fluorescence/ultraviolet light & scorpions should turn up many references.
Priyantha D. P. Wijesinghe [email protected] ________________________________ From: Aaron T. Dossey <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 11:39 AM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Fluorescence in arthropod cuticle articles? Hello, Can you suggest any articles or review articles about the chemistry and/or physics and/or biology of fluorescence of arthropods when exposed to UV light? Here is an example - I never knew that harvestmen would glow too! : https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=487407384665522&set=a.421076774631917.97932.161448850594712&type=1&theater Thanks! ATD of ATB -- Aaron T. Dossey, Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Founder/Owner: All Things Bugs Capitalizing on Low-Crawling Fruit from Insect-Based Innovation http://allthingsbugs.com/about/people/ http://www.facebook.com/Allthingsbugs 1-352-281-3643
