Sexual dimorphism in honeybee's eyes (IMAGE)

Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf

Sexual dimorphism in honeybee's eyes

Caption

A comparison of male and female bees clearly shows the sexual dimorphism in the eyes: The male (left) has significantly larger compound eyes than the female (right), which is attributable to the different tasks of the eyes.

Credit

HHU/Institute of Evolutionary Genetics

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