Uploads from Furryscaly, tagged omdurmanscorpion

Fluorescence

nobody@flickr.com (Furryscaly) — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:26:13 -0700

Furryscaly posted a photo:

This is Alexial, my deathstalker scorpion, Leiurus quinquestriatus, when she was a young adult. This is what it looks like when you combine a blacklight with the normal light in the room. All scorpions glow under blacklights.
The following photo shows what she looks like in normal light, though in this photo she's all grown up:
www.flickr.com/photos/furryscalyman/356870862

You should NEVER leave a blacklight on a scorpion long-term. The intense UV rays will eventually kill the nocturnal animal. Some pet stores market scorpion habitats with blacklights because they look cool, but they don't tell you the facts.

Blue Death

nobody@flickr.com (Furryscaly) — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:56:46 -0800

Furryscaly posted a photo:

The close proximity of the blacklight coupled with the lowered exposure really brings out her textured body. Alexial is a deathstalker scorpion, Leiurus quinquestriatus.
In normal light she looks like this:
www.flickr.com/photos/furryscalyman/356870862

You should NEVER leave a blacklight on a scorpion long-term. The intense UV rays will eventually kill the nocturnal animal. Some pet stores market scorpion habitats with blacklights because they look cool, but they don't tell you the facts.

Cyan in Cryptic

nobody@flickr.com (Furryscaly) — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:56:47 -0800

Furryscaly posted a photo:

The blue effect in this case is a result of shining a blacklight at close range with standard incandescent light still present in the room. This is Alexial, my deathstalker scorpion, Leiurus quinquestriatus.
In normal light she looks like this:
www.flickr.com/photos/furryscalyman/356870862

You should NEVER leave a blacklight on a scorpion long-term. The intense UV rays will eventually kill the nocturnal animal. Some pet stores market scorpion habitats with blacklights because they look cool, but they don't tell you the facts.

Leiurus quinquestriatus

nobody@flickr.com (Furryscaly) — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 05:29:20 -0800

Furryscaly posted a photo:

Alexial needs a bath. Now of only one could give scorpions baths... She's a deathstalker scorpion, Leiurus quinquestriatus.

Laying Low

nobody@flickr.com (Furryscaly) — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:00:10 -0800

Furryscaly posted a photo:

A more recent photo of Alexial the deathstalker scorpion, Leiurus quinquestriatus, under a blacklight. This time she's all grown up! View large.

You should NEVER leave a blacklight on a scorpion long-term. The intense UV rays will eventually kill the nocturnal animal. Some pet stores market scorpion habitats with blacklights because they look cool, but they don't tell you the facts.

This photo was also used in an article about scorpions on airplanes:
houstonist.com/2007/01/10/scorpions_on_pl.php

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Alexial via Blacklight

nobody@flickr.com (Furryscaly) — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:29:52 -0800

Furryscaly posted a photo:

This is Alexial when she was young and chubby. She's a deathstalker scorpion, Leiurus quinquestriatus.
In normal light she looks like this, though in the following photo she's all grown up:
www.flickr.com/photos/furryscalyman/356870862

You should NEVER leave a blacklight on a scorpion long-term. The intense UV rays will eventually kill the nocturnal animal. Some pet stores market scorpion habitats with blacklights because they look cool, but they don't tell you the facts.

Here she is featured at UglyOverload.com on June 24, 2007:
uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2007/06/as-you-requested.html

and here, at The Gist, on Smithsonian.com:
thegist.smithsonianmag.com/archives/165

Venomous Vertigo

nobody@flickr.com (Furryscaly) — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:56:09 -0800

Furryscaly posted a photo:

Alexial poses on a cinderblock in her habitat. It's her non-blacklight Flickr debut, even if it's an older photo.

This photo is also featured here:
villageofjoy.com/10-most-poisonous-animals-in-the-world/