Think of it! Forty thousand eyes in one little dragon fly head. It ought to see well.
These facets are six-sided, excepting those along the edge, which are rounded on the outside. You cannot see their real shape without a microscope, they are so small. But here is a picture of some facets
as they look under the microscope.
Eyes like these, made up of many facets, we call compound eyes.
All grown-up insects have compound eyes, though not many have as large ones as the dragon fly.
Only insects that chase other insects or that need to see in the dark have very large eyes.
See what a big mouth the dragon fly has. Its jaws do not show unless it opens its lower lip, which fits over its mouth like a mask.
I should not care to have it bite my finger.
