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Diogmites species AKA Robber Fly genus Diogmites
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| 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 |
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| 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. |  |
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| 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. |  |
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| 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. |  |
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| 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. |  |
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| 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 |
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| Diogmites species robberfly with wasp. The wasp appears to be Common Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans) Marble Falls, Burnet Co., Texas 25 October 2016 |
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| Diogmites species robberfly with wasp. The wasp appears to be Common Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans) Marble Falls, Burnet Co., Texas 25 October 2016 |
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| Diogmites species robberfly with wasp. The wasp appears to be Common Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans) Marble Falls, Burnet Co., Texas 25 October 2016 |
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| Diogmites species robberfly with wasp. The wasp appears to be Common Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans) Marble Falls, Burnet Co., Texas 25 October 2016 |
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