Paul Ward
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Eye of Dragonfly
Dragonflies have excellent eyesight. Their compound eyes have up to 30,000 facets, each of which is a separate light-sensing organ or ommatidium, arranged to give nearly a 360° field of vision, important for taking prey on the wing.
Blue Dasher's huge compund eyes are red in the female, green in the male.
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Eye of Dragonfly
Dragonflies have excellent eyesight. Their compound eyes have up to 30,000 facets, each of which is a separate light-sensing organ or ommatidium, arranged to give nearly a 360° field of vision, important for taking prey on the wing.
Blue Dasher's huge compund eyes are red in the female, green in the male.
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Uploaded on July 17, 2011
Taken on July 17, 2011