Theo Bosboom / Close-up of Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) compound eye, covered in dewdrops, Hatertse vennen, the Netherlands, July.
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Paul Bertner / Fly with compound eyes, Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
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Alex Hyde / Close-up of Owl Butterfly (Caligo memnon) head showing compound eyes and proboscis. Captive, originating from Central America.
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Andy Sands / Robberfly (Machimus cingulatus) head close up showing large compound eyes. Captive, UK, July.
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Lisa Hoffner / A baby orphan Elephant (Loxodonta africana), named Murka, wounded by a poacher's spear is comforted by the touch of another elephant's trunk from outside its pen. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Eleph...
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David Maitland / Close-up view of the upward-looking giant dorsal compound eyes of the St Marks fly (Bibio marci) used to detect female flies flying above. Like many insects the eyes are "hairy". Feltwell, Norfolk, UK...
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David Maitland / Close-up view of the upward-looking giant dorsal compound eyes of the St Marks fly (Bibio marci) used to detect female flies flying above. Like many insects the eyes are "hairy". Feltwell, Norfolk, UK...
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David Maitland / Head of female St. Marks fly (Bibio marci) showing normal sized compound eyes. Feltwell, Norfolk, UK
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Russell Cooper / Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) head and compound eyes, South London, UK, September
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Alex Hyde / Close-up of compound eyes of unidentified fly {Diptera}. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.
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Stephen Dalton / Head of Horsefly (Tabanus sp) showing compound eyes, UK
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Paul Bertner / Ground Beetle (Carabidae), Ankarana Special Reserve, Madagascar
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Paul Bertner / Fly (Pipunculidae) pair mating, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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Paul Bertner / Horse Fly (Tabanidae), Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
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Paul Bertner / Stalk-eyed Fly (Diopsidae) female compound eyes, Mount Isarog National Park, Philippines
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Paul Bertner / Damselfly, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica
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Konrad Wothe / Downlooker Snipefly (Rhagio scolopaceus) with compound eyes, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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Alex Hyde / Compound eyes of Ruddy darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sanguineum) Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, UK, September.
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Peter Schwarz/ BIA / Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis) head and compound eyes, Hesse, Germany
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Peter Schwarz/ BIA / Damselfly (Erythromma sp) head and compound eyes, Hesse, Germany
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Peter Schwarz/ BIA / Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) dragonfly compound eye covered with dew, Hesse, Germany
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Peter Schwarz/ BIA / Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly compound eye, Hesse, Germany
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Alex Hyde / Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilephila elpenor) close up of head showing proboscis. Note the pollen grains attached to its hairs. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August. Focus Stacked.
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Alex Hyde / European / Common Lobster (Homarus gammarus) develoing eggs. The compound eyes of the embryos can be clearly seen. Controlled conditions, Cornwall, UK. Focus stacked image.
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Alex Hyde / Close-up of Owl Butterfly (Caligo memnon) head showing compound eyes. Captive, originating from Central America.
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Georgette Douwma / Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax), close up of compound eyes. UK.
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Georgette Douwma / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga carnaria), close up showing compound eyes. UK.
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Albert Lleal / Dragonfly (Libellulidae) head, seen under SEM, 25x magnification
Alex Hyde / Brown / Common Shrimp (Crangon crangon) showing close up of reflecting superposition compound eyes. Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK. June.
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Alex Hyde / Common Prawn (Palaemon serratus) close up showing reflecting superposition compound eyes, taken in mobile field studio, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK. June.
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Ammonite / Panning shot along body of a Southern hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) resting on Bramble (Rubus plicatus), showing compound eye, Norfolk, England, UK, September.
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Ammonite / Close-up of a Mining bee (Andrena praecox) cleaning its compound eyes and taking off, France, March.
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Alex Hyde / Common Hermit Crab (Pagurus bernhardus) in shell of Edible Periwinkle (Littorina littorea). This close up shows the compound eyes. Northumberland, UK. May.
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Alex Hyde / Squat Lobster (Galathea sp.) close up showing compound eyes. Northumberland, UK. May.
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Thomas Marent / Yellow-spotted Dragonfly (Somatochlora flavomaculata), Switzerland
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Michael Durham / Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) showing hairy proboscis, Cascade Head Preserve, Oregon
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Michael Durham / Miniature fly, western Oregon
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Pete Oxford / Mydas Fly (Mydas sp) showing large compound eyes, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador
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Stephen Dalton / Close-up head portrait of Southern hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) showing compound eye, UK
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Stephen Dalton / Head portrait of Horsefly (Tabanus) showing compound eye, UK
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Albert Lleal / Harvester Ant (Messor sp) SEM close-up view of eye at 140x magnification
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Albert Lleal / Indian Meal Moth (Plodia interpunctella) SEM close-up view of face at 420 magnification
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Albert Lleal / Harvester Ant (Messor sp) SEM close-up view of eye facets at 700x magnification
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Albert Lleal / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) SEM close-up view of eye, which is made up of multiple facets, at 45x magnification
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Piotr Naskrecki / Green-eyed Fly (Scione sp) on human skin showing compound eyes, Guyana
Piotr Naskrecki / Horse Fly (Tabanidae) living under bark of Elephant-damaged Baobab, Botswana
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Piotr Naskrecki / Hawk Moth (Enyo sp) portrait showing compound eyes, Costa Rica
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Piotr Naskrecki / Centipede (Scutigera sp) cleaning its foot, Costa Rica
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Kim Taylor / Snout / Hover fly {Rhingia campestris} close-up of compound eye, Surrey, England.
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Kim Taylor / Close up of head of male horsefly {Tabanus distinguendus} UK.
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Kim Taylor / House fly {Musca domestica}, close up of head of female. UK.
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Kim Taylor / Close up of horsefly or cleg fly {Haematopota pluvialis}. UK.
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Kim Taylor / Close up of head of Horsefly {Tabanus sp}, UK.
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Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Blue Bottle Fly (Calliphora erythrocephala) feeding on Kiwi fruit showing compound eyes and mouth parts, worldwide distribution
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Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia caesar) close-up of compound eye, worldwide distribution
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Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Blue Bottle Fly (Calliphora erythrocephala) close-up portrait showing compound eyes and mouth parts, worldwide distribution
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Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Blue Bottle Fly (Calliphora erythrocephala) close-up portrait showing compound eye, worldwide distribution
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Konrad Wothe / Horse Fly (Chrisoms relictus) close-up portrait, Germany
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Konrad Wothe / House Fly (Musca domestica) close-up, North America
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Mitsuhiko Imamori / White-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum albistylum) dragonfly close up perched on reed, Shiga, Japan
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Mitsuhiko Imamori / Robber Fly (Promachus yesonicus) close up portrait on leaf, Shiga, Japan
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Constantinos Petrinos / Compound eyes of Smasher Mantis shrimp {Odontodactylus scyllarus} Sulawesi, Indonesia
Konrad Wothe / Yellow-legged Clubtail (Gomphus pulchellus) male dragonfly, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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Konrad Wothe / Downlooker Snipefly (Rhagio scolopaceus) with compound eyes, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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Piotr Naskrecki / Human Botfly (Dermatobia hominis), Belize
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Thomas Marent / Yellow-spotted Dragonfly (Somatochlora flavomaculata), Switzerland
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Thomas Marent / Scarlet Dragonfly (Crocothemis erythraea) male, Switzerland
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Pete Oxford / Chiron Sphinx Moth (Xylophanes chiron) showing large compound eyes, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador
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Michael & Patricia Fogden / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) in rainforest, Costa Rica
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ZSSD / Julia Butterfly (Dryas iulia) close-up portrait of face showing compound eye, native to Brazil, Central America, Mexico, and southwestern United States
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Andy Sands / Horse fly (Tabanus autumnalis) portrait, close up showing compound eyes, Hertfordshire, England, UK. June. Focus stacked.
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Alex Hyde / European hornet (Vespa crabro) compound eye detail. The individual hexagonal ommatidia can be seen, tessellated to make up the curved surface of the compund eye. Each ommatidium consists of a photorec...
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Murray Cooper / Fly cleaning itself, Amazon, Ecuador
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Alex Hyde / False-coloured scanning electron micrograph of a Thrip's (Thysanoptera) head, the bulging compound eyes can be seen on either side of the head, with sensory hairs sprouting between the individual unit...
Doug Wechsler / Close up of teneral Periodical cicada (Magicicada sp.) head with compound eyes and three ocelli, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. May 2021
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Alex Hyde / Elephant hawkmoth (Deilephila elpenor), close up of head, showing detail of compound eye. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May. Focus stacked image.
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Alex Hyde / Dragon mantis (Toxodera beieri), detail of head showing large compound eyes giving it the visual acuity to hunt fast-moving prey. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
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Alex Hyde / Dragon mantis (Toxodera beieri), detail of head showing large compound eyes giving it the visual acuity to hunt fast-moving prey. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
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Tony Wu / Harlequin mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus), close up of compound eyes. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Nigel Cattlin / Head and antennae of a female predatory midge, (Aphidoletes aphidimyza) larvae are aphid predators used for biological control in protected crops
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Robert Pickett / Tree Mantis (Liturgusa annulipes) head showing large compound eyes, Hacienda Baru, Costa Rica
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Robert Pickett / Silver-washed Fritillary Butterfly (Argynnis paphia) close-up of head showing curled proboscis and large compound eyes, UK.