Keep your eyes on the flies.
“Bug-eyed” puzzle buffs are flocking to new optical illusion, with the objective is to spot the butterflies among the flowers.
[Warning: Spoilers below]
The bug hunt, created by Hungarian illusion maven Gergely Dudás — aka the Dudolf — challenges fly spotters to locate the five butterflies hidden in a flower bed.
This might seem like an easy task in real life, where a butterflies flamboyant movements give them away. However, in this retinal exercise, the bugs and the blooms are nearly indistinguishable from each other.
Hint: The garland-sporting badger is merely a distraction.
Still can’t spot them? Not to fear, Dudolf has provided an answer key allowing viewers to pick out the butterflies among the bouquet-fillers.
If that’s not challenging enough, take a gander at the Hungarian’s fruit-based illusion, in which the goal is differentiate the apples and the tomatoes. Like with the butterfly challenge, it’s a lot harder than it sounds.
Optical illusions such as this may seem intended as a lighthearted diversion from the stresses of modern life — but they also hold actual scientific value for medical professionals. Researches say these brain teasers help to shed light on the complex inner workings of the human mind and how it reacts to its surroundings.
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Dr. Gustav Kuhn, a psychologist and human perception expert at Goldsmiths University in London, once declared to the Sun that illusions are important to our understanding of the brain: “We typically take perception for granted, and rarely think about the hard work that underpins everyday tasks, such as seeing a cup of coffee in front of you.”