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Robber Fly 5 - Diogmites angustipennis
Copyright © 2006 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

Robber Fly 5 - Diogmites angustipennis
Gloster, Gloster Arboretum, Amite County, Mississippi, USA
September 21, 2006
Size: body length 22.5 mm.
We believe this is Diogmites sp., possibly NOT just another variation of D. angustipennis! It was collected on tall grass in a small meadow surrounded by woods. Help would be appreciated.

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 3 October, 2006 - 5:30pm
Last updated 5 February, 2008 - 4:20pm

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… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 15 October, 2006 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

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… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 15 October, 2006 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

Diogmites
Check the hairs standing up on the pronotum (I can't quite make them out in your picture), and the bristles on the sides of the first abdominal segment. If they are yellow it is angustipennis, if they are black, or mostly black, then you might have something other than angustipennis
… norman lavers, 3 October, 2006 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Norm,
I have added a closeup of the first abdominal segment. This clearly shows the yellow bristles on the sides. Also, examination of the hairs on the pronotum revealed that these were also yellow.
I am delighted to learn how to identify Diogmites angustipennis!
Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 5 October, 2006 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

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