I ran across this thread on Reddit, and found it interesting:
Basically this poster found a wild jumping spider that glows (fluoresces) under UV light. I'm wondering, has anyone ever taken the time to go entirely through their invert collection to see if any spiders (etc.) that are commonly, or maybe uncommonly, kept in captivity also fluoresce? Just an interesting thought, that there might be more glowy spiders (jumpers, tarantulas, etc.) than we realize! After a google search I found a few others spiders that do, including Liphistius desultor which has cool glow across its leg segments under UV. Edit: someone commented on the post to say that their "S. dufouri velvet spiders" also glow!
Basically this poster found a wild jumping spider that glows (fluoresces) under UV light. I'm wondering, has anyone ever taken the time to go entirely through their invert collection to see if any spiders (etc.) that are commonly, or maybe uncommonly, kept in captivity also fluoresce? Just an interesting thought, that there might be more glowy spiders (jumpers, tarantulas, etc.) than we realize! After a google search I found a few others spiders that do, including Liphistius desultor which has cool glow across its leg segments under UV. Edit: someone commented on the post to say that their "S. dufouri velvet spiders" also glow!
