@kaylas.critters: Beautiful Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator) displaying biofluorescence in response to ultraviolet (UV) light exposure! 🦂 Almost all species of scorpion fluoresce under UV light due to chemical compounds present in the hyaline layer of the cuticle, which is the outermost layer of their exoskeleton. Wavelengths of ultraviolet light are absorbed and reemitted into longer wavelengths in the blue-green spectrum, which give them that visible “glow”. #emperorscorpion #pandinusimperator #scorpion #arachnid #arachnids #invertebrates #invertebrate #inverts #nature #coolfacts #fyp

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Wednesday 12 July 2023 21:16:08 GMT