. St. Nicholas [serial] . ust the world 0 0 few months ago,* and re- appear to some other creatures whose eyes, in member that insects pos- our opinion, are still more peculiar! sess a large compound For instance, look at the next spider you find, eye upon each side of and try to find the eight shiny little eyes at the the head, through which anterior end, some above and some just under they can see an object the edge of what we may imagine to be its right side up, but proba- forehead. To examine these parts to best bly in the form of dots, advantage hold the spider in tweezers, or as the same
. St. Nicholas [serial] . ust the world 0 0 few months ago,* and re- appear to some other creatures whose eyes, in member that insects pos- our opinion, are still more peculiar! sess a large compound For instance, look at the next spider you find, eye upon each side of and try to find the eight shiny little eyes at the the head, through which anterior end, some above and some just under they can see an object the edge of what we may imagine to be its right side up, but proba- forehead. To examine these parts to best bly in the form of dots, advantage hold the spider in tweezers, or as the same object would it may be better to use a spider killed by appear to us if we could being dropped into a bottle of diluted alcohol. view it through a pile of »© o< <fe 0 oO <P c c o short pipes or a piece ofperforated paper; andthat, besides these, theyhave in their foreheadstwo or more tiny eyesfurnished with lenses,similar to ours, which in-vert the image. To ima-gine how the world seemsto an insect, and how it. How Insects See, page 363 of Nature and Sciencefor February, 1902. SPIDERS EYES. Nearly alike in size, but curiously grouped in twos. NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. J033 ^LMiSikiiii
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