In order to expand the receiving spectrum of the compound eye optical system, a visible light and long wave infrared wide spectrum compound eye optical system was studied. The dual-band ommatidia common image equation was derived, and the matching requirement between ommatidia and the receiving system was established. The ommatidia optical system has working bandwidths of 0.38~0.78 μm and 8~12 μm, a focal length of 5 mm, a relative aperture of 1:3, and a field of view of 10°. The imaging position of the ommatidia system in both the bands is 2.92 mm. The angle between two neighboring center optical axes of the neighboring ommatidia is 4.016°, with 650 ommatidia, and the combined field of view is 90°.The receiving optical system has a focal length of 4 mm, a field of view of 80° and a relative aperture of 1:3. The ommatidia system and receiving system show good image quality, without any thermal effects in the temperature range of -40 to 60. © 2020, Science Press. All right reserved.