Q. The compound eyes of cockroaches consists of about
A) 200 hexagonal ommatidia
B) 2000 hexagonal ommatidia
C) 20 hexagonal ommatidia
D) 20,000 hexagonal ommatidia
Explanation
200 hexagonal ommatidia. Ommtidia of cockroach is the visual unit. Each eye consists of about 2000 hexagonal ommatidia with the help of which, a cockroach can receives several images of an object
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