Archive image from page 328 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofame02bail Year: 1906 INSECTS 807 of many small eyes, from 50 in some ants to many thou- sands in a butterfly or dragon-fly. Between these oom- pcmnd eyes, from one to four simple eyes are to be found 1138. Nymphs of four-lined liaf-bu
Archive image from page 328 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofame02bail Year: 1906 INSECTS 807 of many small eyes, from 50 in some ants to many thou- sands in a butterfly or dragon-fly. Between these oom- pcmnd eyes, from one to four simple eyes are to be found 1138. Nymphs of four-lined liaf-bue adult of the tdrnished plant-bug. Tlie smallest one is tlie nymph recently hatched. The next is the nvmph after the moult. The imago is shown at the right. Hair lines at the right of nymphs, and small figure near imago indicate the natural size. in many adult Insects. Caterpillars and other larvae pos- sess only simple eyes. .It is thought that each facet of the compound eye sees a part of an object; thus the whole eye would form a mosaic picture on the Insect's brain. The simple eyes doubtless see as our eyes do, and seem to be best adapted for use in dark places and for near vision. Insects do not see the form of objects distinctly, but their eyes are doubtless superior to ours in distin- guishing the smallest movements of an ob- ject. It is now supposed that no Insects can dis- tinctly see objects at a greater distance than 0 feet. It must be a I Its
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