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Robber fly - Diogmites
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

Robber fly - Diogmites
Great Dismal Swamp, Suffolk County, Virginia, USA
August 11, 2007
Contributed by tom murray on 22 August, 2007 - 8:11pm
Last updated 16 September, 2008 - 8:35am

Moved
Moved from Diogmites missouriensis.
… Herschel Raney, 16 September, 2008 - 8:35am

Coming back
To this. We are still trying to determine the status of missouriensis in our own area. They may in fact all be D. texanus. And some of your VA Diogs may be salutans that have more darkening on the thorax than we knew about. Moving to genus for now.
… Herschel Raney, 16 September, 2008 - 8:35am

Thanks Herschel
It looks a lot more like missouriensis, and I see another one from Virginia already on the guide page.
… tom murray, 22 August, 2007 - 10:56pm

Diogmites
esuriens or missouriensis, depending on whether we think missouriensis occurs much farther east than currently reported.
… Herschel Raney, 22 August, 2007 - 9:09pm

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