A type of multifaceted eye in insects and crustaceans consisting of up to several thousand light-detecting, focusing ommatidia; especially good at detecting movement.

Found in many but not all arthropods, a compound eye is composed of a large number of small, closely packed simple eyes (ommatidia), each with its own lens and nerve receptors.

the main visual organ in insects. Read more on: Compound eye

An eye consisting of many individual lens systems (ommatidia). Present in many members of the phylum Arthropoda. compound fruit

Eye formed of multiple lens components

Type of eye subdivided into many individual, light-receptive parts, such as that found in insects, crustaceans, etc.

Light sensory organ in Arthropods consisting of a large number of ommatidia, each functioning as an independent photoreceptor unit.

paired aggregations of separate visual elements known as ommatidia that are located on the insect head. Each pair of ommatidia corresponds with a single facet of the cornea.

an eye consisting of many individual elements each of which is externally represented by a facet

A photoreceptor comprised of numerous but separate visual elements each of which is provided with an individual lens or dioptric apparatus.

(kom-pound): an eye made up of thousands of photoreceptor units, known as ommatidia.

an eye composed of many light-sensitive parts (ommatidia), each of which is represented externally by a facet, that focus light on the retina, which helps form an image; most insects have compound eyes

eyes made up of many hexagonal lens or corneas which focus light from each part of the insect’s field of view