eyespots

These minimal eyes, called eyespots, resemble the 'proto-eyes' suggested by Charles Darwin as the first eyes to appear in animal evolution.

ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2008

Even two eyespots on a computer screen background are enough to boost generosity.

SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011

The Spicebush Swallowtail has evolved a large pair of false eyespots and bold yellow and blue markings to frighten off potential predators.

A Caterpillar That Pretends to be a Fearsome Snake | Impact Lab 2010

With eyespots faded almost to nothing, blinded by the sun, it was as if the creature had only slowly, and jealously, let go of the urge to outwit its predators.

The giving trees shunn 2010

With eyespots faded almost to nothing, blinded by the sun, it was as if the creature had only slowly, and jealously, let go of the urge to outwit its predators.

The giving trees shunn 2010

They pumped up their crumpled wings, showing off dark eyespots, and with a few beats they took off down the hallway.

The Multiplying Menace Amanda Marrone 2010

With eyespots faded almost to nothing, blinded by the sun, it was as if the creature had only slowly, and jealously, let go of the urge to outwit its predators.

Deception shunn 2010

With eyespots faded almost to nothing, blinded by the sun, it was as if the creature had only slowly, and jealously, let go of the urge to outwit its predators.

Deception shunn 2010

Dig deeper still, however, and all these eyes—octopus eyes, human eyes, fly eyes, spider eyes, flatworm eyespots—have a common master regulator gene, called Pax-6 in vertebrates and eyeless in flies.

PZ Myers - The Deepest Links (on Evolution) William Harryman 2009

Through a microscope they look like teardrops equipped with fluttering legs and a pair of dark eyespots.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009