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Alan Hadley
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Posted on 01-07-2006 21:14
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Many keys say things like 'Eyes hairy', others are more descriptive saying things like 'Eyes densely hairy' or 'long haired' etc.

I don't know if this will work but here is the url to a small through focus movie of a fly's hairy eye, I would be interested to know how you would describe the hairyness of this eye.

http://www.hadley...ehairs.wmv

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Posted on 12-07-2006 22:38
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Hmmm, I think I would say hairy, but not densely hairy. However, the movie does not really help one to judge the density very well. A Focus stacked still photo might be better? Smile
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I think this was is 'hairy' but not 'densely' or 'long'. Wink
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