You’re welcome! We have a lot here too, thankfully, because we have lots of mosquitoes for them to eat! Read a short New Scientist article about those eyes. Apparently they have huge blindspots behind their heads, but excellent vision otherwise. They also see many more colors than us.
I just found this article https://madlabstories.com/dragonfly-vision/ which immediately seems to contradict the blind spot, but I’ve not read it beyond the first few paragraphs, so I haven’t verified accuracy.
![[OC] some damselflys in my parents garden (Nikon Z30 - 24mm/1.7)](https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.world%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F7e54eb4f-2089-4224-a268-2170afb755c0.jpeg){kind=link}
Those eyes! Now I have to go learn more about them! Great shots, illustrates the term "bug-eyed” in bas relief.
Thank you!
They are fun to watch, especially because there are so many of them around here now.
You’re welcome! We have a lot here too, thankfully, because we have lots of mosquitoes for them to eat! Read a short New Scientist article about those eyes. Apparently they have huge blindspots behind their heads, but excellent vision otherwise. They also see many more colors than us.
I just found this article https://madlabstories.com/dragonfly-vision/ which immediately seems to contradict the blind spot, but I’ve not read it beyond the first few paragraphs, so I haven’t verified accuracy.
So cool! I’ll read the entire article later, seems like a good read! Thanks for sharing
You’re welcome! Learning is fun!