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. 2016 Jun 20;26(12):R484-R485.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.020.

Love spots

Michael W Perry  1 , Claude Desplan  2
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Love spots

Michael W Perry et al. Curr Biol. .

Abstract

A Quick guide to Love Spots: striking male-specific regions of the eye found in some insects that are used for detecting and chasing females.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
A female horse fly (family Tabanidae), left, is compared to a male of the same species, middle. Note the dorsally enlarged ommatidia and the “holoptic” eyes that meet in the middle. At right is an example dragonfly eye; both sexes have dorsally enlarged, Love Spot-like ommatidia used for hunting and capturing prey.
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