Albino Scorpion
In the world of animal collecting and entomology, albinos of any species are often considered to be a prized item. Scorpion collectors are doubly plagued by this fascination with albinos, since albino scorpions are quite rare.
Albinism is simply a condition in organisms in which a substance called melanin is absent. Melanin is a pigment that goes dark with constant exposure to the sun, which results in the darker appearance of some animals. The absence of this usually results in an extremely light colored exterior.
The occurrences of capturing Albino Scorpions have been rare, as evidence of such is almost non-existent. There are some scientific papers though that have studied Albino Scorpions and have found some interesting details about these rare arthropods. Most of these studies have seen some commonalities among the Albino Scorpions that have been captured and examined.
One such feature that scientists have noticed is that most Albino Scorpions do not have any eyes. In the species that were found in Mexico, most of the Albino Scorpions that were found were eyeless. This can be attributed to the fact that these scorpions were found living inside caves. Apparently, Darwinian dynamics worked their magic in these albino scorpions: since they live in a dark place, the presence of eyes would prove useless and as such, nature did away with them.
Presumably, this principle is also responsible for the de-pigmentation of these albino scorpions, since melanin also protects organisms from solar damage (as in humans). However, albinism was also found in species that are normally pigmented. In 1986, there was a study done on two albino colored Australian Desert Scorpions (Urodacus Yaschenkoi) found in South Australia. This species is normally pigmented and the presence of two such Albino Scorpions was startling. They studied the eye structure and pigmentation of the two specimens and their findings revealed that the eye structures of the two Albino Scorpions were similar to other albinos that were examined in other studies.
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