Editing Scorpion (section)

===Fluorescence===

{{multiple image|image1=Sorpion Under Blacklight edit.jpg|caption1=This black [[emperor scorpion]] (''Pandinus imperator'') [[fluoresce]]s light blue.|width1=200|image2=Scorpion with babies in UV.jpg|caption2=The mother glows bright teal, the young a dull grey.|width2=113}}

Scorpions glow a vibrant blue-green when exposed to certain wavelengths of [[ultraviolet]] light, such as that produced by a [[black light]], due to [[fluorescent]] chemicals such as [[beta-carboline]] in the cuticle. Accordingly, a hand-held ultraviolet lamp has long been a standard tool for nocturnal field surveys of these animals. Fluorescence occurs as a result of [[sclerotization]] and increases in intensity with each successive instar.<ref name="Stachel 1999 531–539">{{cite journal |first1=Shawn J. |last1=Stachel |first2=Scott A. |last2=Stockwell |first3=David L. |last3=Van Vranken |date=August 1999 |title=The Fluorescence of Scorpions and Cataractogenesis |journal=Chemistry & Biology |volume=6 |pages=531–539 |doi=10.1016/S1074-5521(99)80085-4 |pmid=10421760 |issue=8 |doi-access=free }}</ref> This fluorescence may have an active role in the scorpion's ability to detect light.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gaffinr |first1=Douglas D. |last2=Bumm |first2=Lloyd A. |last3=Taylor |first3=Matthew S. |last4=Popokina |first4=Nataliya V. |last5=Mann |first5=Shivani |year=2012 |title=Scorpion Fluorescence and Reaction to Light |journal=[[Animal Behaviour (journal)|Animal Behaviour]] |issue=2 |doi=10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.11.014 |volume=83 |pages=429–436 |s2cid=17041988 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/895450 |access-date=18 May 2018 |archive-date=6 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106153700/https://zenodo.org/record/895450 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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