AT vol. xiii, p. 168, H. Müller calls the attention of entomologists to a subject which has interested other entomologists before—the function of the ocelli in insects. With due deference to a ...

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Since Darwin, the peacock exhibiting an elongated tail composed of ocelli has been a prime example of sexual selection. Classical studies show females prefer a high number of ocelli. New research ...

Many insect species have two sets of eyes: large compound eyes that process visual information, and up to three smaller ocelli, or eyespots, usually located on the top of their head. Flying ...

There are two large compound eyes, which are used to visually perceive the world around them, and three small, jewel-like, simple eyes called ocelli center. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster CINCINNATI ...

They are usually small cup eyes (ocelli), sometimes even equipped with lenses, and not unlike human eyes. These so-called median eyes are typical for all arthropods, but had not yet been ...

Charles Darwin found the eyespots (also known as ocelli) to be especially striking: “As no ornaments are more beautiful than the ocelli on the feather of various birds… they deserve to be ...

Chitons are protected by a shell consisting of eight plates. The plates are dotted with hundreds of small eyes called ocelli. Each one contains a layer of pigment, a retina and a lens. People have ...

These insects have ocelli — three light sensors that are distinct from their compound eyes — that could help stabilize their upward flight by sensing the horizon or sun. When an ocelli ...

Experiments in the early 20th century seemed to confirm that such structures, now called ocelli, exist, but the concept of a “seeing plant” fell by the wayside—only to reemerge in the past ...