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Eye lenses of a sphinx moth from Panama

| Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 12:33 AM



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In continuation in my last post, here i briefly describe the compound eye lenses of the Sphinx moth.

Observations:
1. I am amazed at how perfect the eye lenses seem to be.
2. They seemed to be filled with a fluid; that provides them the brown hue, which is gone in certain cell.
3. They look very flat in nature. I had already assumed that lenses would be highly curved in the compound eye. Apparently not!!

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Type of Sample
microorganisms
Foldscope Lens Magnification
140x

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