Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera and are found throughout the Americas, Africa, Eurasia, Australia and New Zealand. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders.
Phosphorescent paint is commonly called glow-in-the-dark paint. It is made from phosphors such as silver-activated zinc sulfide or doped strontium aluminate, and typically glows a pale green to greenish-blue color.
Fluorescent paints offer a wide range of pigments and chroma which also 'glow' when exposed to the long-wave ultraviolet frequencies (UV). These UV frequencies are found in sunlight and some artificial lights, but theyâand their glowing-paint applicationsâare popularly known as black light and 'black-light effects', respectively.