You just gave me another reason NOT to go in the yard at night. :~ (Mosquitoes being the first one)
Thankfully I haven’t noticed them here in Houston, or I haven’t looked hard enough!
What makes it really creepy; This is the only scorpion I didn’t find on the ground or on a branch or stump on the ground. It was about chest-high on a weed that had grown tall. When I saw it at first, I wasn’t sure it was a scorpion because it looked fuzzy under the UV light. The babies do not glow at all, and had hidden the shape of the scorpion, so I wasn’t able to ID it from a distance. I could have missed it easily as I was focusing on the ground instead of up higher, and I could have walked into it without realizing until too late. Now, I shine the light around to check before looking on the ground whenever there’s tall grass and weeds. I was very careful picking this one up as I didn’t want baby scorpions crawling up and into my glove….
THANK YOU —- THANK YOU for the light list. I am literally shopping while we speak. Thank you!!!
>>>>>>It was about chest-high on a weed that had grown tall.
Yeah, you really gotta watch the bushes and trees. In fact, I really think 99% of scorps inside my house come from walking through brush and then carrying them inside on my clothing.
But here is the scary part: I am told that SIDEWINDERS also climb up in the bushes, so you have to be REALLY careful when digging around in the bushes for scorps. I have not seen this personally but heard it first hand from the biggest EX-scorp hunter in Owens Valley, Calif. I say “ex” because the levitating sidewinders is literally what made him give up the business of collecting scorps. He collected em; killed em with chloroform fumes and them encased them in lucite paperweights for the tourst trade. He made THOUSANDS of them and made a great deal of money off them.
BUT more and more he would find sidewinders in the giant sagebrush or blackbrush OFF THE GROUND, sometimes at face level or chest level. Not a good idea to get bit by a Mojave Green or a sidewinder in the face or in the chest. That would not come out well. The UV light makes the scorps light up like an xmas tree but it makes the rattlers completely disappear. He said it made em invisible.
He almost got bit a couple times by rattlers, and he hung up his UV light. I mean this guy is a man’s man. If it freaked him out, it would freak any tough guy out. So I am a little concerned about the snakes because i am no tough guy. 
I bought many uv tube lights for scorps but they worked awful and the range was like two feet. The big scorp hunter had a HUGE battery pack and a big old five-tube uv head. He showed me the rig. This was like 10 years ago before led lights.
So watch those bushes!
Did you see any vinegaroons? Did they glow also? They should. Similar to scorps.
Just thinking about what you said. Weird that the babies didn’t glow. So much for finding the buggers once they get in my house, what I thought would be another handy use for the uv light.
We don’t have any vinegaroons here. And no rattlesnakes either. There are rattlesnakes further Northwest of where I live, but I’ve never seen any. We have Copperheads and Water Moccasins (wherever there’s water, but we don’t have any of that where I live)…
The Copperheads are my biggest concern…
Thanks Keltex! Just ordered two of the drop ins and three of your recommended hosts to see which one works best. Had to order two lights because as soon as my wife saw it, she wanted one for scorp hunting also.
Apparently the 385nm wavelength on that drop-in is perfect for scorp hunting. Several other HIGH-PRICED uv-light sites recommended that wavelength but until you showed that drop-in, I couldn’t find a light with that WL. Lotsa lights all around that wavelength, but none right on it — until this one. Thanks again.
>>>>>Copperheads and Water Moccasins
Ugh. At least rattlers rattle and give you some warning. Then again, recent studies are showing that rattlers WITHOUT rattles are becoming more and more prevalent. It is expected that as natural slecetions continues, the rattlers without rattles will take over. Rattle-less rattlers live the longest so they are passing on genes for more rattlers without rattles. I used to see maybe one rattle-less rattler in five years. Now I see them more and more. Or ones with little rattles. Apparently this evolution is happening quicker than anyone suspected.
Once all of the rattlesnakes have no more rattles ...
what will they be called ?
Awesome thread, thx so much for sharing! I'm glad there are none to be found up here in NJ. :)
Hi
Thanks for sharing this with us.
We don’t have scorpions in New Zealand, although I have seen some in pet shops when I lived in the UK.
Interestingly, although I am 100% terrified of spiders (I don’t even like looking at photos of them…), I find those scorpions to be quite interesting - another one of mother natures bizzare creations that have evolved to fill their evolutionary niche.
Pretty sure I wouldn’t want one visiting me inside, though!
Good hunting!
Pete
That’s awesome. I have to say, I am happy to see this post. I thought I was the only one on this forum who was into critters in some way. I have been “hunting” (taking photos of) rattlers and other snakes and scorps and stuff for the last 20 years. In fact, got into this whole budget flashlight craze looking for lights to go night hiking with here in AZ. I can find a couple dozen bark scorpions outside my place on a given night in the summer, and have only used those cheap 7-LED 3xAAA lights that crap out if you sneeze on them. I will get this UV module ASAP.
I have been all around the USA and Mexico and a recent trip to South Africa to find reptiles of all kinds, and it does not stop at the scales. In fact…
Here’s me…
I was just refering to the op :
@Raccoon City : Thank you for the welcome. I’ve been reading the forum for some time, just got my first “serious” light partly thanks to it and decided it was time I’d register. Anyway that will be on another topic, don’t want to pollute this thread :bigsmile:
I was able to take some photos that more accurately illustrate how the scorpions look when hunting for them with a blacklight. These photos have not been retouched in any way; the only change I made was to reduce them to a 640x480 resolution for display here.
Enjoy!
Wow… they are “glowing in the dark” almost…
I didnt know that.
No really interesting wild life here in Tokyo.
Except for a snake that we saw a few months back near our station…… which didn`t belong there!!
ty for share, impressive
On the last photos are you using fluorescent tubes or the manafont’s led? there are any led available that cover the non visible …and dangerous uv freq?
Pretty cool pictures. You can keep those things in Texas.
Hey JaffoAZ - that scorpion has a guy in his butt !
Sometimes I wish I didn’t live in a place that has mosquitoes and snow, and then I see posts like this. Thanks for reminding me why I live in WI
Actually, next week I’m heading to Arkansas for our annual trip. I’ve had to kill a giant furry spider before, and watch my grandma chop the head off of a large rattlesnake that was about 10 feet from me while I was chopping fire wood. I will never live there 
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later dis year i will open a thread, subject Hunting Punkies with a CW light, lighter and vacuum!
will beat this thread. i win then. :D
I had to look up Punkies: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/punkies
I have family in Florida and they call them "no-see-ums" because you can't see them. Horrible insects!