dragonfly
dragonfly
Insects have Compund Eyes.
it is called a compound
The multi-faceted eyes of an insect are officially known as compound eyes.
A whirligig beetle has two sets of compound eyes. answered by Easton
The grasshopper is an insect. It has two compound eyes and also has three simple eyes. They only see grainy images.
The entire thing is called a compound eye, with many facets, or ommatidia (simple individual eyes). Insects also have three non-compound eyes between their large compound eyes, on the top of their heads. These are called ocelli.
The insect with the most eyes is the trilobite beetle, which has three extra eyes in addition to its two main compound eyes. These extra eyes are located on the top of its head and help it detect movement and light.
That type of eye, is known as a Compound Eye with the many individual eyes that make it up known as ommatidia.
The Head
The insect with approximately 12,000 eyes is the compound-eyed dragonfly. Dragonflies possess large compound eyes made up of thousands of individual lenses, allowing them to have a wide field of vision and detect movement effectively. This remarkable adaptation aids in their hunting and navigation abilities.
Compound eyes - the big ones - and ocelli, smaller ones generally found in groups of three on the top of an insect's head.