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Question 3:

Is there any light the human or bee can detect, but not the butterfly? How can you tell?

Butterflies can detect light visible to both humans and bees. You can tell this because the butterfly sees both the red that the human sees and the ultraviolet (shown in blue) that the bee sees.

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Question 3:

Is there any light the human or bee can detect, but not the butterfly? How can you tell? Butterflies can detect light visible to both humans and bees. You can tell this because the butterfly sees both the red that the human sees and the ultraviolet (shown in blue) that the bee sees.

Is there any light the human or bee can detect, but not the butterfly? How can you tell?

Butterflies can detect light visible to both humans and bees. You can tell this because the butterfly sees both the red that the human sees and the ultraviolet (shown in blue) that the bee sees.