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Diogmites - Diogmites angustipennis
Copyright © 2006 edward trammel

Diogmites - Diogmites angustipennis
fayetteville, washington County, Arkansas, USA
September 8, 2006
making a meal of a male Polistes
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Contributed by edward trammel on 1 October, 2006 - 10:31pm

Great picture!
Great picture!
… Ilona Loser, 2 October, 2006 - 2:22am login or register to post comments

 
Seconded!
Perfect control over depth of field. These guys can be really be tough, but it does help to feed them during the photo session!
… Ron Hemberger, 2 October, 2006 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Diogmites
thank you both. i do love taking pictures of Diogmites species, interesting characters, and it does seem to help to catch them during a meal... or better yet in the morning. earlier in the summer i would find a D. neoternatus hanging around in the mornings that was so placid you could reach down and let it crawl on your finger... then i would hum "ride of the valkyries" and we would head for some catalpa trees where it would always find a wasp to fly after, well i always got a kick out of it.
… edward trammel, 2 October, 2006 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

 
What fun. Quite a story.
Guess I should stop singing country when I'm on the trail. And it seemed so natural! LOL.
… Ron Hemberger, 2 October, 2006 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

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