The Sophisticated World of Insects

Dragonflies can see in every direction at once because their eyes contain thirty thousand individual

lenses. I stumbled on this while photographing one last summer and couldn't believe

what I was reading. These ancient hunters have been perfecting their vision for

over three hundred million years. Their compound eyes wrap around their entire head,

giving them a complete sphere of awareness. With zero blind spots,

dragonflies are already tracking prey behind them while we turn our heads. Bees navigate using

polarized light patterns invisible to us. Ants can lift fifty times their body weight through

sheer muscle density. Moths remember flower locations from their caterpillar days despite completely liquefying during