Playing muse to every teacher who warned of eyes in the back of their head, the stinging saddleback caterpillar (Acharia stimulea) has strategically placed eyespots on it backside. (treehugger.com)
Recent work also shows that some plants, such as the cabbage and mustard relative Arabidopsis, make proteins that are involved in the development and functioning of eyespots — the ultrabasic eyes found in some single - celled organisms such as green algae. (scientificamerican.com)
The 10 - micrometer - wide microbe has a small eyespot, which Deisseroth describes as «kind of cute,» that spins around to detect light. (discovermagazine.com)