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Diogmites species AKA Robber Fly genus Diogmites
Robber Fly of the genus Diogmites with a captured
Blue-faced Ringtail
Erpetogomphus eutainia
teneral female
Guadalupe River, Independence Park near U.S. 183 bridge over the river.
Gonzales, Gonzales Co., Texas
18 August 2004
 
This Diogmites species robber fly was photographed in Austin, Travis Co., Texas in September, 2004, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and an EF 300 mm F/4L IS lens with a 2X extender and 550 EX flash. The Diogmites is preying on another insect it as captured. The habit of using the front two legs to hang from a perch while feeding on prey is something I commonly observe in these flies.
The Diogmites robber fly in the shot at right and shown in the next image, was photographed at Bentsen State Park, Hidalgo Co., Texas in October, 2004, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and an EF 300 mm F/4L IS lens with a 2X extender and 550 EX flash. This may be the same species as some of the other Diogmites shown in my collection of this genus, but this is uncertain.
 
The next three shots were all taken in Gonzales, Gonzales Co., Texas, in August, 2007, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender and 580 flash.
The unknown Diogmites species shown here was in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in September, 2007.
The next 2 shots show a Diogmites species in the augustipennis group. These 2 shots were taken in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in September, 2009.
The pair in copula shown here was in Gonzales, Gonzales Co., Texas, in August, 2010.
The shot of the unknown Diogmites shown here as well as the next 2 were all taken in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in September, 2010, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and a Sigma 50-500mm lens and Canon 580 flash. The robber has captured a paper wasp in the next two images.
The image shown here was taken in Gonzales Co., Texas, in October, 2010, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and a Sigma 50-500mm lens and Canon 580 flash.
Diogmites species
robberfly with wasp.
The wasp appears to be
Common Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)
Marble Falls,
Burnet Co., Texas
25 October 2016
Diogmites species
robberfly with wasp.
The wasp appears to be
Common Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)
Marble Falls,
Burnet Co., Texas
25 October 2016
Diogmites species
robberfly with wasp.
The wasp appears to be
Common Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)
Marble Falls,
Burnet Co., Texas
25 October 2016
Diogmites species
robberfly with wasp.
The wasp appears to be
Common Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)
Marble Falls,
Burnet Co., Texas
25 October 2016
Diogmites species
robberfly with wasp.
The wasp appears to be
Common Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)
Marble Falls,
Burnet Co., Texas
25 October 2016