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Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by tom_wilde on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @05:52AM (#13480352)
~7000 elements per compound eye according to this page:

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/brookfieldfarmhoney.wordpress...

Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by lawpoop on Thursday January 26, 2017 @12:59AM (#13489086)
That's individual lenses, right? But it says that each lens has its own photoreceptor(s). So that is a multiple of 7000.
Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by lawpoop on Thursday January 26, 2017 @11:55AM (#13492982)
So if that's three photo receptors per facet, already each eye is rivaling the neuron count of the brain.