Red eyes (Sleeping )

June 2006. Evening. The fields are almost sleeping. I'm walking near some willow trees, and a scared common owl (Asio otus) escape near me. It stop his flight for a moment, standing on a branch not far away, nailed with its huge red eyes wide open. I try to photograph it, but ... Naaaa. He runs away again. Few step further, and I see another pair of red eyes that nailed me. Much smaller, but also less scared ... probably already asleep. Click. Goodnight!

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Ectophasia crassipennis is a small parasitic fly whose larvae feeds on bugs.