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All tuckered out from her bee chores

(The sad bug posting continues)

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[-] Des@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago
[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

idk but their knees have a reputation

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

It's the fuzziness

[-] sum_yung_gai@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

What are the two dots on top of its head?

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years 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.

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

If you look closely there are three dots there, and they are extra eyes

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

bruh they got like 360 vision, thats wild

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

They also have better vision than you'd think because their photoreceptor cells can go rapidly in and out of focus in tandem with their head movements to cobble together a much finer picture of the world than you'd think the equipment they have on hand would give them. They're such amazing little critters.

[-] thirtymilliondeadfish@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

the angel rests on the head of a needle

[-] thirtymilliondeadfish@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago
this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2023
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