Science Shorts: Exploring Insect Vision

by: Kathleen Damonte

A fly is buzzing around in the kitchen. You sneak up on it with a flyswatter, but just as you get close to it, it flies away. What makes flies and other insects so good at escaping from danger? The fact that insects have eyesight that can easily detect moving objects is one of the things that helps them survive. This month’s Science Shorts examines the interesting world of how insects see.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 2/1/2005Stock # sc05_042_05_47Volume 042Issue 05

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