Mosquito head

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The mosquito's head is mostly eye. The eyes of most insects are compound eyes, made up of many tiny lenses. Each lens sees a slightly different picture, making up a mosaic of the object it is looking at. This type of vision is very efficient at noticing very slight motions such as another insect trying to sneak up on it.


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