New Blacklight, New Camera, New Photos

[PhilK]

Male Urodacus elongatus

Female Urodacus elongatus

 

[waruikazi]

Great pics!

Does anyone know what the evolutionary advatage to glowing under a black light is? In other words why do they glow?

 

[hornet]

possibly to attract insects, i know with crab spiders they glow under uv on flowers and that attracts insects because they see the spectrum of the light we do not.

 

[DiamondAsh]

Nice pics Phil.

 

[slim6y]

My only guesses would be attraction to insects or attraction to one and other.

 

[waruikazi]

Cheers hornet. That does make alot of sense, the things nature does is just amazing sometimes.

 

[slim6y]

Actually I am reminded of a desert cactus flower that also reflects the moon's UV spectrum to attract one moth in particular. The flowers will only open on a clear night when there's enough moonlight - generally on a full moon.

 

[Leigh]

love the pics Phil, neat how they glow. now if only they weren't so creepy looking....

 

[scorps]

my dp is one of my scorps under a light

 

[Hsut77]

I hear they love disco's and are a bit of a show off.

 

[sassy]

They really are beautiful under the UV.

Lovely pictrures thank you.

What is the new camera you got?

 

[expansa1]

Here's a photo of one of our scorps. He was nice enough to stay still while I changed lighting to UV.

 

[ace#74]

i like how differnt male and females look

 

[expansa1]

 

[PhilK]

The camera is a Olympus Mju820

The male and female look the most different in this species, as the male has a much longer tail (to sting her with). Often there is only slight differences between males and females.

Glad you like the photos. Expansa - yours are lovely. Weird how it is blotched under the UV..

 

[abbott75]

Glad you like the photos. Expansa - yours are lovely. Weird how it is blotched under the UV..

Could it just be the dirt (?) on the scorp?

 

[expansa1]

Love your photo's Phil. Is yours a different species to mine? Sorry for posting the pics twice, I was having computer and Photobucket problems. Have you bred yours?

Cheers,

Craig

 

[hornet]

phil has urodacus elongatus in those pics, yours craig is Liocheles waigensis

 

[reptilegirl_jordan]

fully sick mate

 

[bylo]

Nice pics mate