Scorpion
Scorpions use their powerful claws and stinging tail to capture their prey and defend themselves. Interestingly, the exoskeleton of many scorpions contains chemicals that fluoresce blue-green when ultraviolet light is shone onto it.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 262/1998/26
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Collector Excavator
- Ross, Mr Francis William Locke (from the collection of)
- Common Name
- scorpion
- Simple Name
- arachnid: scorpion
