The compound eye of insects

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dc.contributor.authorHorridge, George Adrian
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-18T23:15:44Z
dc.date.issued1977-07
dc.description.abstractInsects are legion; some are active only in bright sunlight. some in both sunlight and shade. some only at twilight. Some, such as the common housefly, travel at high speed and make rapid turns. Others, such as the dragonfly, alternately fly straight, maneuver and hover. Still others, such as the praying mantis, remain motionless for hours at a time. All these insects rely for their survival on vision. and all of them perceive the world through many-faceted compound eyes, yet their habits and their visual requirements are quite different. How does the compound eye work as an optical sampling device? To what extent does it reveal the functions for which the insect uses its eyes? To what extent does the smallness of the facets of the insect eye limit its sensitivity? What is the barrier to the insect eye's working at low light intensities with the small lenses of the facets? How do the compound eyes of insects arrive at a compromise between optical resolution and the sensitivity needed to overcome optical noise?en_AU
dc.format.extent14 pagesen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.issn0036-8733en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/170554
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherNature Publishing Group -en_AU
dc.rights© 1977 Scientific American, Incen_AU
dc.sourceScientific Americanen_AU
dc.subjectinsectsen_AU
dc.subjectcompound eyeen_AU
dc.subjectvisionen_AU
dc.subjectlight intensitesen_AU
dc.subjectfacetsen_AU
dc.subjectsurvivalen_AU
dc.subjectfunctionen_AU
dc.subjectsensitivityen_AU
dc.subjectoptical noiseen_AU
dc.titleThe compound eye of insectsen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage121en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage108en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationHorridge, George Adrian, Division of Biomedical Science and Biochemistry, CoS Research School of Biology, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu690072@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidHorridge, George Adrian, u690072en_AU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.identifier.citationvolume237en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.2307/24954051en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4579722en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.nature.com/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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