UV Flashlight

Show your Caterpillar Lab pride with the Lab branded UV flashlight! *Our flashlights are selling out fast, but we expect to restock within a few weeks! Having learned about using UV lights to look for caterpillars from a teacher in Ohio in 2016, The Caterpillar Lab brought this past time to the attention of the natural history community and has championed it over the years since! Many caterpillars fluoresce under ultraviolet light. This simple technique helps naturalists spot species that might otherwise go unnoticed – and now you can discover them, too! Why This UV Flashlight?For more than a decade, The Caterpillar Lab has tested a broad range of UV flashlights and watched the technology improve dramatically. The lights we’re offering today combine the features we value most for field caterpillaring—outperforming many models that are larger, more expensive, or heavily marketed.Key Advantages• True 365 nm wavelength Produces stronger, more reliable fluorescence than 395 nm lights; pre