Mention special features of eye in Cockroach.

The special features of eyes in cockroaches are:

i) They have compound eyes i.e., it contains numerous small visual units.


ii) It has about 2000 small visual unit in an eye which is known as ommatidia.


iii) The ommatidia help the cockroach in receiving several images of a particular object. This kind of vision is known as mosaic vision.


iv) The eyes of the cockroaches have more sensitivity but lower resolution.


v) Cockroaches can see well during the night i.e., they have nocturnal vision.


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