Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to science • 11 months ago[CW: close up bug face] What is the function of the weird ribbed noses on the front of a cicadas face?NSFWimagemessage-square16 fedilinkarrow-up149file-text
arrow-up149image[CW: close up bug face] What is the function of the weird ribbed noses on the front of a cicadas face?NSFWDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to science • 11 months agomessage-square16 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
I don't suppose we have any entomologist's here? Don't judge me. These are the things I think about when insomnia strikes.
minus-squareTychoxii [he/him, they/them]hexbear7·edit-211 months agoi dont know but i just learnt they have 5 eyes! the two big compound eyes and three smaller non-compound eyes that you can see up there link
minus-squareOgdenTO [he/him]hexbear4·11 months agoCicadas are all operatives of the five-eyes spy group link
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]hexagonhexbear3·edit-211 months agoMost bugs have those three little simple eyes called ocelli to go along with the two big compound eyes! They mostly just sense light, because the big compound eyes can't adjust for light levels like ours. link
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i dont know but i just learnt they have 5 eyes!
the two big compound eyes and three smaller non-compound eyes that you can see up there
Cicadas are all operatives of the five-eyes spy group
Most bugs have those three little simple eyes called ocelli to go along with the two big compound eyes! They mostly just sense light, because the big compound eyes can't adjust for light levels like ours.