Ray Cannon's Nature Notes
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Dragonfly eyes – Ray Cannon's nature notes
December 10, 2024 - We humans like to think that our eyesight is pretty good, and thanks to our large brains it is, but we rely on just three opsin genes, which means that we have three photoreceptors (cones), sensitive to blue, green and red light. So we can see across a colour spectrum from red to violet, but not ultraviolet (UV). If I now mention that dragonflies have between fifteen and 33 opsin genes, that gives some idea of just how good their vision may be!
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Polarized vision in the eyes of the most effective predators
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New Scientist
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Dragonfly eyes see the world in ultra-multicolour | New Scientist
February 23, 2015 - Do all those extra opsins mean dragonflies see the rainbow differently to us? Probably. Other studies have found that dragonflies can see ultraviolet on top of blue, green and red. And it is thought that they can recognise polarised light coming off reflective surfaces like water.
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[FREE] What percentage of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible light? - brainly.com
April 29, 2019 - When we consider the entirety of the electromagnetic spectrum, which spans from gamma rays at very short wavelengths to radio waves at much longer wavelengths, visible light represents approximately 0.0035% of this range.
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May 11, 2013 - (Those RGB color values don’t correspond exactly to the peak sensitivity of each opsin, but, meh… close enough). Diurnal (day-flying) dragonflies, on the other hand, have as many as five opsins in their visual reception apparatus, giving them access to a much greater range of the electromagnetic spectrum.
VailDaily
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How bees see flowers clearly and why dragonflies have some of the most complex eyesight in the world | VailDaily.com
July 29, 2023 - Whereas humans see color on a spectrum from red to violet, bees see on a spectrum of orange to ultraviolet. ... This UV sight helps honeybees to see their flowers more clearly. Many wildflowers have evolved to have rings of UV light around their centers that are not visible to humans. For honeybees, the UV rings are a bright spotlight telling them exactly where they need to go. Some species of dragonflies are able to see infinitely more colors than the human brain can comprehend.
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Medium
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30,000 Facets Give Dragonflies A Different Perspective: The Big Compound Eye In The Sky | by 𝐆𝐫𝐫𝐥𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭, scientist & journalist | Medium
October 16, 2018 - Dusk-active dragonflies have sacrificed most of their color vision in favor of increased light-collecting capacity by having fewer, larger facets in their eyes. They also lack all color sensitive opsins except green, which provides the broadest range of light sensitivity for any opsin.
Anatomy To You
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Dragonfly eyes detect up to 30 different ‘colours’
February 23, 2016 - The wavelengths that different animals can see varies quite considerably, and this broadly depends on how many different opsins (a light-reactive protein found across the animal kingdom) are expressed from the animal’s genome which detect different wavelengths of light. Humans and most primates have three, birds usually have four, and some snakes have just two. However, it was recently discovered by Ryo Futahashi and colleagues that some species of dragonflies have up to 33 different opsin genes in their genomes!
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Compared to a human, how well can dragonflies see? - Quora
Answer (1 of 3): Dragonflies have exceptional vision compared to humans. Their compound eyes consist of thousands of individual lenses called ommatidia, allowing them to detect movement, see in various directions simultaneously, and perceive polarized light. Additionally, dragonflies can see ultr...
PHYSICS TODAY
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Dragonflies have extraordinary color vision - Physics Today
October 13, 2025 - Ryo Futahashi of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tsukuba, Japan, and colleagues have also found that the number of opsins, or light-sensitive proteins, can vary over the course of an individual dragonfly’s development, from larva to adult. The extra opsins may also allow dragonflies to see UV and polarized light.
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The visual communication of dragonflies
The team, which includes Dr Wendy Harris, Dr Dan Forman and Professor Paul Brain from the Department of Biosciences, Milton Keynes-based Roy and Marie Battell, and Alan Nelson, the dragonfly county recorder for Buckinghamshire with the British Dragonfly Society, report many animals have a different visual range to humans and can see into the infra red and ultra violet spectrum, outside human limits of perception. As such, it is sometimes easy for us to overlook this ability when considering the behaviour and communication of animals. Dragonflies are efficient predators, both as nymphs and adults, and rely on their well-developed visual system to detect and capture their prey.
Ray Cannon's Nature Notes
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Dragonfly vision and prey catching – Ray Cannon's nature notes
April 26, 2025 - Dragonflies probably have the best vision in the insect world. Their large compound eyes are made up of up to 30,000 facets (or ommatidia), arranged in different zones, and with many more photoreceptor types than us humans! They also have near 360°, wrap-around vision, and sensitivity across a broad spectral range, from UV to red.…
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Re: what percentage of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible light?
The entire spectrum has the range ... = 0.0035%. So, on a logarithmic scale of frequency, visible light is 2.3% of the whole electromagnetic spectrum, while on a linear scale it is 0.0035%....
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Dragonflies can see a color humans can’t and it could change medicine | ScienceDaily
2 weeks ago - Dragonflies may see the world in a way that pushes beyond human limits—and surprisingly, they do it using the same molecular trick we evolved ourselves. Scientists discovered that these insects can detect extremely deep red light, even edging into near-infrared, thanks to a specialized visual protein strikingly similar to the one in human eyes.