The eye spot instead creates a disguise and used to misdirect predators. The eyespots are a defense mechanism for the organism. Scientists have tested this by painting eye spots on a gake prey and a fish was used a s the predator. The predator was discovered to have attacked the fake eyespots more often as it thought it was the prey's head.
Eyespots on a prey can also make the predator to think that it is facing a larger animal. An example is the butterfly which have large false eyes on its wings.
