This is Alexial, my deathstalker scorpion, Leiurus quinquestriatus, when she was a young adult. This is what it looks like when you
combine a blacklight with the normal light in the room. All scorpions
glow under blacklights.
The following photo shows what she looks like in normal light, though
in this photo she's all grown up:
www.flickr.com/photos/furryscalyman/356870862
You should NEVER leave a blacklight on a scorpion long-term. The intense UV rays will eventually kill the nocturnal animal. Some pet stores market scorpion habitats with blacklights because they look cool, but they don't tell you the facts.
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dbarronoss 73 months ago | reply
Always love the florescent scorpions ;)
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NikonWitch 73 months ago | reply
Very COOL!
Val-Playing catch up! 68 months ago | reply
I remember hearing about this scorpions,. And i think Busch Gardens had them. So weird and creepy! But amazing at the sametime!
Tonnetje. 68 months ago | reply
creepy!!
dangriga 67 months ago | reply
Please add this very nice photo to my group:
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Paul Garland 66 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fluorescent Minerals, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Cyberchemist 66 months ago | reply
Really amazing. I like your photo.
Utah~Dave AA7IZ 66 months ago | reply
A fav for me!
Our scorpions in Utah fluoresce a vivid green. I included one in my display of fluorescent minerals and found out that after about a week there was a perfect four inch fluorescent circle surrounding it.
I guess it was mold growing out from the body?
Mia_Lee 64 months ago | reply
love this
Jimbo3DC 63 months ago | reply
How do you capture flourescence on camera? With a black light, and dim incandescence with a high ISO setting on your camera?
Furryscaly 63 months ago | reply
Oh shoot, you know I don't even remember how I did this. I just had the light on in the room, whatever kind it was (I think an incandescent), and turned the blacklight on right near the scorpion.
I don't recall what the ISO was, but I probably went with a slightly longer exposure.
Really though, this is just what it would look like in real life too. All scorpions glow under blacklight. Combined with the ambient light in the room, this is what it looks like.
Color Lover 60 months ago | reply
Awesome!!!
Now Thats Blue!!!
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shadowshador 57 months ago | reply
It looks cool but its not good for them.
Furryscaly 56 months ago | reply
Long term, no. Short term (like for a photoshoot ;) it's pretty harmless, but I never recommend one keeps them in a habitat with permanent blacklight exposure. It stresses them out.
Mike_t_by_the_sea 16 months ago | reply
that lamp does the job