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Both broods of cicadas are large-bodied, have large compound eyes, and are sometimes mistakenly called locusts, said the University of Illinois.
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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
The data group is developing a compound eye in computer.
—Richard Meng, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Though soft tissue was not preserved, spherical outlines suggest an eye on each side of the head, though whether these were compound eyes is unknown.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2024
In recent decades, researchers have discovered impressive navigation skills in various birds, in seals, even in a few insects — the latter of which have low-resolution compound eyes.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
The compound eyes of an insect are structurally very different from that of a human—almost a separate category of organ altogether from the more familiar ocular arrangement of lens, cornea, iris, and retina.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2023
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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
The data group is developing a compound eye in computer.
—Richard Meng, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Though soft tissue was not preserved, spherical outlines suggest an eye on each side of the head, though whether these were compound eyes is unknown.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2024
In recent decades, researchers have discovered impressive navigation skills in various birds, in seals, even in a few insects — the latter of which have low-resolution compound eyes.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
The compound eyes of an insect are structurally very different from that of a human—almost a separate category of organ altogether from the more familiar ocular arrangement of lens, cornea, iris, and retina.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2023
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“Compound eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compound%20eye. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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