OK, so this may not be news to all of you but just a few general observation I recently made regarding scorpions in general. Most of us are probably aware that scorpions will fluoresce under a black light. When I was dealing with a batch of emperor babies I noticed that for a day or so after molting the molt will still fluoresce but the newly molted scorpions will not. After a time the babies started to fluoresce and the molts soon stopped. (at least I think the stopped I tossed them out and never checked them after a day or so.
Different bulbs will cause the same scorpion to glow a different color. When I used a standard black light my emperors glowed a bright sky blue but when viewed under a zoo med 2.0 UVB bulb they were more of an olive green. I was always tempted to set up a display with bulbs with several different UV wavelengths so you could easily rotate them in and out just to show the differences. I never did though.
I'm thinking of a blacked out box with a simple viewing slit in front and 2 fixtures, one with a standard fluorescent and one with a black light, on top controlled with a toggle switch or something like that. I'd like for it to be lit with the standard fluorescent first, as a default so to speak and when they hit the toggle or push the button ( a button may be better as these will be younger kids) the standard turns off and the UVB turns on. When they release the button it goes back to the standard. Any electronics geeks out there know what kind of a switch that would be.
Like I said, nothing earth shattering and maybe nothing new to you but its a slow day for me and I thought I'd post something. I'm looking for an interesting way to display my scorpions for an upcoming Halloween show I am doing so if anyone has any ideas I would appreciate it.
Different bulbs will cause the same scorpion to glow a different color. When I used a standard black light my emperors glowed a bright sky blue but when viewed under a zoo med 2.0 UVB bulb they were more of an olive green. I was always tempted to set up a display with bulbs with several different UV wavelengths so you could easily rotate them in and out just to show the differences. I never did though.
I'm thinking of a blacked out box with a simple viewing slit in front and 2 fixtures, one with a standard fluorescent and one with a black light, on top controlled with a toggle switch or something like that. I'd like for it to be lit with the standard fluorescent first, as a default so to speak and when they hit the toggle or push the button ( a button may be better as these will be younger kids) the standard turns off and the UVB turns on. When they release the button it goes back to the standard. Any electronics geeks out there know what kind of a switch that would be.
Like I said, nothing earth shattering and maybe nothing new to you but its a slow day for me and I thought I'd post something. I'm looking for an interesting way to display my scorpions for an upcoming Halloween show I am doing so if anyone has any ideas I would appreciate it.