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Danke attached a microscope lens at 20 times magnification to a Sony digital camera to zoom in on the insect’s compound eye, at the left of the photo.
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Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
All have compound eyes, which means insects see very differently from the way people see.
—Nicholas Green, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2025
Despite the size disparity, most isopods share a resemblance, with common features like two pairs of antenna, segmented bodies, compound eyes and four sets of jaws, according to NOAA.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Each of these displays consists of an array of tiny lenses, not unlike an insect's compound eyes.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2025
Both broods of cicadas are large-bodied, have large compound eyes, and are sometimes mistakenly called locusts, said the University of Illinois.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 17 Apr. 2024
Their compound eyes were likely capable of detecting changes in light within the murky depths.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The compound eye found in most insects is made up of a few to thousands of individual units called ommatidia, and each ommatidium includes a rhabdom, a transparent structure under the lens, which stores photosensitive pigments known as opsins that are used for detecting colors.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
Zayn Malik Postpones Shows, Cowell And Cole React The shrimp’s compound eyes (ours are only simple—they aren’t made up of other eyes like compound eyes are) are also set on stalks that can move independently of each other, which gives them a nearly 360-degree view of their surroundings.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
All have compound eyes, which means insects see very differently from the way people see.
—Nicholas Green, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2025
Despite the size disparity, most isopods share a resemblance, with common features like two pairs of antenna, segmented bodies, compound eyes and four sets of jaws, according to NOAA.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Each of these displays consists of an array of tiny lenses, not unlike an insect's compound eyes.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2025
Both broods of cicadas are large-bodied, have large compound eyes, and are sometimes mistakenly called locusts, said the University of Illinois.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 17 Apr. 2024
Their compound eyes were likely capable of detecting changes in light within the murky depths.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The compound eye found in most insects is made up of a few to thousands of individual units called ommatidia, and each ommatidium includes a rhabdom, a transparent structure under the lens, which stores photosensitive pigments known as opsins that are used for detecting colors.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
Zayn Malik Postpones Shows, Cowell And Cole React The shrimp’s compound eyes (ours are only simple—they aren’t made up of other eyes like compound eyes are) are also set on stalks that can move independently of each other, which gives them a nearly 360-degree view of their surroundings.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Compound eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compound%20eye. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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