Down but not out

Hiya all,
Just as I finished my roast this 'Shield Bug' crashed into the patio window, so poor Ami ( ever suffering wife ) had to clear away whilst I played, as you can see (hopefully) I managed to flip it over & get a close up of its eye, actually it looks like it has two sets?.
Now for my pud 'Spotted Dick & Custard'
Cheers for now
Mark

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aw poor little guy............... was it dead or just stunned?
the second set of eyes are its ocilli... (simple eyes)

Hiya Alan,
Na it was OK, stunned or playin dead cause it got up & flew off minus one of its antennae, isn't it amazing this Marco eh, I've seen loadsa these but never this close up before its incredible what we miss with our feeble eyes.
Cheers for now

Poor guy Love the detail in the 2nd one

Nice shots Mark, very nice detail in that second shot. As Alan said, the 2nd set of eyes are Oceli, which are simple eyes unlike the main eyes which are compound in nature.

Dave

Excellent eye closeup
Brian V.

Hiya Dave & Leorooster,
Thanks for your comments, I, like most parents could have done with a few more set of eyes at some stage of rearing our you, what that saying about needing eyes in the back of your head!!!!!
Cheers for now
Mark

what we miss with out feeble eyes we MORE than make up for with our AWESOME brains........ all other animals are stuck with the eyes they have... we can throw a macro lens in front of ours

"birds of prey have some of the best eyesight in the animal kingdom"........
PAH thats simply not true ....it's me when looking through my telescope ..... I can see for a couple of million lightyears then.....

wonder what a golden eagle would see if it looked thru the scope

Hiya Alan,
Nice one, but I'm not so sure about the brain bit, well in my case anyway
Cheers for now Mark