Paper: Natural fluorescence of riparian insects

[rfcurry]

There are some very interesting UV-excited fluorescent photos of streamside insects in this fascinating study - http://www.hindawi.c...he/2011/875250/

[DaveO]

Reed,

 

Fascinating especially as I went to look at what happened with my recent Emperor Gum Moth Larvae http://www.ultravioletphotography.com/content/index.php/topic/1281-opodiphthera-eucalypti-emperor-gum-moth-larvae/page__pid__7506#entry7506

and it seemed as if the little Pointy Bits (not the technical term) which were bright blue in Visible were also bright blue in UVIVFL Perhaps they contain resilin as well as the insects. There's another lifetime's research ;)

 

Dave