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Ommatidia
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Insects, especially mantids,
have what is called a pseudopupil. This pseudopupil looks very similar
to the pupil that humans have in their eye, but it is actually made of
many ommatidia. Ommatidia
are the individual units that make up the compound eye of an insect. Insects
see things through several ommatidia at the
same time, like looking through many different windows at the same time,
without moving their head. |
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