Keywords and topics that are found in this program: insect vision, color, color vision, UV, IR,
butterfly color and patterns.
| Topic |
Time |
| Insect Vision - movies get it wrong. |
00:15 |
| Omatitium |
00:37 |
| What do insects see? |
00:52 |
| Structure of an insect eye (rods, cones, omatidium) |
01:30 |
| Butterflies and most insects do not see the world a clearly as
humans. |
02:33 |
| Description of legally blind (20/20 and 20/200 vision). |
02:40 |
| Butterflies can still see detail |
04:15 |
| How close to males need to be to a female butterfly to see them? |
04:41 |
| Butterfly color and pattern. |
06:06 |
| What is optical resolution? |
06:30 |
| Butterfly color vision and color choice. |
06:55 |
| How many species of butterflies are there? |
07:50 |
| Do butterflies see color? |
08:06 |
| Can butterflies see colors that humans cannot see? (color
wavelength chart) |
08:44 |
| Infrared light (IR) |
09:36 |
| Ultraviolet light (UV) |
09:56 |
| How does the color vision of butterflies affect their behavior? |
11:13 |
| Scientific American article and cover image |
11:49 |
| A simple experiment and or observation for young scientists. What
in your back yard? |
13:06 |
| Resources for identifying butterfly species. |
14:30 |
| Butterfly gardens |
15:09 |
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