Red Eyes Robber Fly (Ommatius ouachitensis)

This robber fly has a small form of the body which made it easy to hide itself behind the grass, but I already noticed this predatory before it did so. All I needed to do was to manage to get a couple of shots from distance range before it's really disappeared from my sight. This insect is also called a predatory insect for it feeds itself with other insects and capable of catching prey in flight. It has stout, spiny legs with two excellent red eye in these shots, that also has hump-backed stance which urged me to spend time chasing it. This typical robber fly is classified into Ommatius ouachitensis, a genus that, at least for now, has been separated into species by characteristics of the male genitalia. Hopefully we can change that with some further observation. But Ommatius ouachitensis is very similar to Ommatius oklahomensis. Like other species of robber fly, it is also capable of knocking down the prey by injecting a fluid into its victims. Having this reputation, robber fly is also called assassin fly. I just saw a single robber fly on the dried twig, and it seems to be brave in handling the prey all alone.

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Camera	Smartphone
Category	Macrophotography
Lens	Lensbong Macro/Modified Macro lens