... is a part of the PhD thesis of Y.O. COMPETING INTERESTS No competing interests declared. 3 12 2012 30 1 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 color vision insect ommatidium opsin spectral sensitivity visual pigment The eyes...

... combined with behavioural tests. We demonstrate that in small bees the minimum number of ommatidia involved in target detection is seven, while in large workers a single ommatidium is sufficient for target detection. These findings have implications for foraging and division of labour in social insects...

... for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 29 08 2000 02 11 2000 © 2000 by Company of Biologists 2000 colour vision foraging behaviour insect visual system compound eye ommatidium photoreceptor training learning memory butterfly Papilio xuthus . Colour...

... exclusively in cells classified as blue receptors. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 03 07 2000 07 11 2000 © 2000 by Company of Biologists 2000 colour vision insect compound eye ommatidium retina photoreceptor rhodopsin fluorescence...

... 27 1 1988 20 4 1998 © The Company of Biologists Limited 1998 visual pigment mRNA opsin butterfly vision Papilio xuthus compound eye color vision retina insect ommatidium The Japanese yellow swallowtail Papilio xuthus has a complex retina with at least five...