Andy Sands / Small emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) male below female both displaying eyespots on Gorse, Captive, UK, April

Steve Gettle / Atreus Owl (Caligo atreus) butterfly wing with false eyespot, Ecuador

Silvia Reiche / Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) on flower, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly wing with false eyespots, Costa Rica

Tim Fitzharris / Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus) on Delphinium, New Mexico

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Suraka Silk Moth (Antherina suraka) portrait, showing back with wings spread displaying shades of pink, Madagascar

Norbert Wu / Io Moth (Automeris io) a member of the Giant Silkworm Moth family, eyespots may serve to scare away predators, Florida

Marcelo rocha / John Downer Pr / Rear view of Eyespot / False eyed frog, with defensive eye-like markings to frighten away predators (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Grey peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum) Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong, Yunnan, China

Pascal Kobeh / Eyespot shrimp / Green marble shrimp / Spotted marbled shrimp (Saron sp., may be Saron neglectus) hidden in coral, Sulu sea, Philippines

Robert Thompson / Moth (Antheaea godmani) close up of eyespot, Chiriqui Province, Santa Clara, Panama.

Thomas Marent / Moth (Automeris celata) male showing false eyespots, Tatama National Park, Colombia