Arthropod eyes are called compound eyes because they are made up of repeating units, the ommatidia, each of which functions as a separate visual receptor. What is the difference between compound eyes and simple eyes? Why is mosaic vision with less resolution seen in cockroaches?

Arthropod eyes are called compound eyes because they are made up of re

1.	Arthropod eyes are called compound eyes because they are made up of repeating units, the ommatidia, each of which functions as a separate visual receptor. What is the difference between compound eyes and simple eyes? Why is mosaic vision with less resolution seen in cockroaches?
Answer» If an eye is made of many eyes, it is a compound eye. It has many visual receptors unlike a simple eye which has only one visual receptor. The photoreceptors of the cockroach consists of a pair of compound eyes at the dorsal surface of the head. Each eye is formed of about 2000 simple eyes called the ommatidia (singular: ommatidium), through which the cockroach can receive several images of an object. This kind of vision is known as mosaic vision with more sensitivity but less resolution.