Telson & Aculeus
Recurved tail terminus; cuticle seams fluoresce brightest where the segments lock.
Pedipalp Chela
Grasping claw, its hyaline layer aglow under the black light.
Excitation Band
350–400 nm ultraviolet absorbed, re-emitted as a spectral halo.
UV Scorpion Glow
Buthidae sp. · fluorescence under UV (365 nm)
Specimen No. 047-β · cuticle hyaline layer
Carapace
Dorsal shield of the prosoma; the first surface to ignite when the lamp warms.
Mesosoma
Segmented body plates, ruled like the engraving they descend from.
Re-emission
β-carboline returns the light as cold cyan-green, the plate's only source.