The microscopic observation of the compound eye of insect clearly showing the hexagonal array packing of the unit of the compound eye,  i.e. ommatidium, with remarkable precision.
 


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Hexagonal Array Packing of Ommatidia in Mosquito Eye through Foldscope

Jitendra Satija | Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 1:52 AM

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