Talk:Flying insects

From Comparative Physiology of Vision

Comments by Mike

Looks great folks. Here are a few general comments and things you might want to address. I apologize in advance if you mentioned them already and I overlooked them.

Expand more (using your own words) about compound eyes, contrasting them with our own eyes. Can they accommodate their vision so that they can see near and far objects? "Can they see objects from far away? Why or why not? If not, how do they compensate (hint; they move!). Discuss further the variation in number of facet between species and how it may relate in their visual abilities. What is an apposition compound eye? Compare this to a superposition compound eye. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? What type of insects is each of them found in? Flying moths are really cool...why haven't you talked about their unique vision?

expand more on how insect eyes can see many more images per second than we can (flicker fusion cycles)...if i am not mistaken, what we see are still photographs compared to flying insects.

Do dragon flies have tiered photoreceptors?

How exactly do insects navigate through the perception of polarized light? They can do this on cloudy days! Is the arrangement of their rhabdoms important? Lots of info on bees here. I want to see descriptions, videos, or pics of dancing bees...even though it does go a bit beyond the scope of the project.

diurnal flying insects? tapeta in butterflies are somewhat unique. so are the iridescent corneas...whats up with that?

color vision plays a prominent role in flying insects. More detail and links to evolutionary theory might be nice. What is the bee's spectral sensitivity? How is it different than our own? How is it shifted? If it was shifted, what do objects like yellow flowers (to us) look like to a bee?

With the spherical nature of their compound eyes, how do they reduce glare in the bright sun? Do they have pupils?

Hey guys can we find perhaps a more appropriate picture at the beginning? The bee beard thing isn't reallly descriptive even thought its funny. JP

So funny that relevance goes out the window.

Hey Callie, the combination of our two sections looks great! -CC