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I need about tree fiddy.
The freaky thing is those black spots are probably the only bits of their eyes that they don't see out of.
Really? The dots certainly seemed to be following me around as I moved around her. Although that could be the case whether she was seeing through them or not I suppose.
The dots aren't following you around :) They're called pseudopupils. You're seeing down the "tubes" (ommatidia) of the composite eyes (heavy oversimplification because I'm no scientist).
A smarter person explains this here: https://www.readingeagle.com/2015/09/16/outside-some-insects-look-like-theyre-looking-at-you-but-are-they
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