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stocky body, 3 stripes that glow under UV light. I think this is a type of harvestmen
rainforest, 1400m
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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Very cool.
Thanks Jason,17 and shekainah, I was pretty surprised to see this too!
Wow! Who would have thought something like this exists.
The beetle is glowed cyan in Ultraviolet light. UltraViolet is a band of light beyond the color violet of the rainbow
Another amazing UV capture from you Dan!
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...
Where did you buy your UV light?.... by the way...AWESOME!!! ;)
Hermoso opilión !!! / Fantastic opilion
Fantastic find :)
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!
Spectacular! I read an article about the Opiliones flourescing in Invertebrates Magazine, a while back. Now I get to see a lovely example.
wow
These Opiliones are for once definitely out of my range, sorry, cannot help you in any manner.