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All tuckered out from her bee chores

(The sad bug posting continues)

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[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

As someone else mentioned they're simple eyes that can only discern light and dark, called ocelli. In flying insects they seem to be largely used for navigation, using the sun overhead as a marker to find their direction.

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