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Bee eyes: ultraviolet vision

17 animals on this site have this kind of eyes, including the western honey bee, the bull ant and the buff-tailed bumblebee. The western honey bee: has 3 colour types like you, but one of them sees ultraviolet. Pick one and try its eyes on your photo.

Red tulips under a blue sky, as you see them.

Red tulips under a blue sky as a western honey bee sees them (simulation): colours remapped to its 3 receptor classes, and fine detail softened.

Try it on your photo

A simulation made from published eye studies. Not what the animal feels.

The same photo through their eyes

The same tulips as a western honey bee sees them.

Western honey beesees ultraviolet

The same tulips as a bull ant sees them.

Bull antsees blues and yellows

The same tulips as a buff-tailed bumblebee sees them.

Buff-tailed bumblebeesees ultraviolet

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Animals with these eyes

The science behind it