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Fluorescent Fattail scorpion (Androctonus crassicauda)

Fun fact about scorpions, they light up under UV light. So if you bring a blacklight to the desert, this is what you see.

The fluorescence is a result of the hyaline layer of the scorpion’s outermost layer of exoskeleton (the cuticle) absorbing UVA and emitting a greenish light..

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Uploaded on October 4, 2019
Taken on June 17, 2019