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Spotting

Description:

stocky body, 3 stripes that glow under UV light. I think this is a type of harvestmen

Habitat:

rainforest, 1400m

Notes:

I went on a long nighthike in Yotoco natural reserve. I spotted at least 5 different organisms that glowed under the UV light. I have never seen anything like this. It was really cool to spot my first one, but after a few hours of hiking, I discovered these were quite common in the Yotoco forest.

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13 Comments

Anne Marie McCaffrey
Anne Marie McCaffrey 10 years ago

Very cool.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Thanks Jason,17 and shekainah, I was pretty surprised to see this too!

shekainah d. alaban
shekainah d. alaban 10 years ago

Wow! Who would have thought something like this exists.

17chszeman
17chszeman 10 years ago

The beetle is glowed cyan in Ultraviolet light. UltraViolet is a band of light beyond the color violet of the rainbow

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 10 years ago

Another amazing UV capture from you Dan!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

That's okay bayucca, I appreciate your help with everything else, we can't know it all. Thanks Philip for the genus, I will update. Thanks for all the comments. Billo, I bought my UV light on Amazon.com. It's the Professional UV Inspection Flashlight 380-385nm. It's cheap and well made.
http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Inspe...

Billo-kun
Billo-kun 10 years ago

Where did you buy your UV light?.... by the way...AWESOME!!! ;)

GustavoMorejon
GustavoMorejon 10 years ago

Hermoso opilión !!! / Fantastic opilion

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Fantastic find :)

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 10 years ago

Excellent captures Dan! So, I did a little research and this appears to be a opiliones from the Ampycus sp. I got to that conclusion taking the anatomy as the principal factor, I can't get any further. Hope I helped!

bugadrienne
bugadrienne 10 years ago

Spectacular! I read an article about the Opiliones flourescing in Invertebrates Magazine, a while back. Now I get to see a lovely example.

Rolo
Rolo 10 years ago

wow

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

These Opiliones are for once definitely out of my range, sorry, cannot help you in any manner.

Dan Doucette
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Dan Doucette

Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Spotted on Jan 22, 2013
Submitted on Apr 7, 2013

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