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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Dasypogoninae » Hanging-thieves (Diogmites) » Diogmites angustipennis
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the robber fly that fed on my blood - Diogmites angustipennis
Copyright © 2006 edward trammel

the robber fly that fed on my blood - Diogmites angustipennis
fayetteville, washington County, Arkansas, USA
September 6, 2006
i was creeping up on this D. angustipennis when a mosquito that had been feeding on me without my knowledge decided it had enough and took flight, which the robber took... now that it has tasted man, i expect the worst.

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the robber fly that fed on my blood - Diogmites angustipennis the robber fly that fed on my blood - Diogmites angustipennis
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Contributed by edward trammel on 13 September, 2006 - 9:35pm
Last updated 14 September, 2006 - 11:16pm

Great story, nice shot
Those eyes! Did they look like that before the blood feast, or only afterwards?
… Ron Hemberger, 14 September, 2006 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

 
ha
thanks. yeah, you have got to love those green eyes... they were like that before... but only after did they send a chill down my spine.
… edward trammel, 14 September, 2006 - 11:19pm login or register to post comments

Diog
You have created a monster there. Really nice shot. That may be a new prey record for a Diogmites.
… Herschel Raney, 14 September, 2006 - 9:50am login or register to post comments

 
yeah
i can not imagine this robber really wanted a mosquito, but it did not mind eating it all the same.
… edward trammel, 14 September, 2006 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

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