Diameter of lens of ocelii (simple eye)
| Range | ~0.7 mm |
|---|---|
| Organism | Cockroach Periplaneta |
| Reference | Mizunami M. Functional diversity of neural organization in insect ocellar systems. Vision Res. 1995 Feb35(4):443-52 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(94)00192-o p.444 right column 3rd paragraphPubMed ID7900285 |
| Comments | P.444 right column 3rd paragraph: "Cockroaches have only two ocelli with an extremely large visual field. The ocellar lens is very large (about 0.7 mm in diameter), perhaps the largest among known insects." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 117185 |