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tiger beetle in B.C - Omus dejeanii - male

tiger beetle in B.C - Omus dejeanii - Male
North vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
July 1, 2005
Omus sp. It lives in rain forest.
very easily found and not hard to capture becaus this tigerbeetle can not fly.
Acts at night and rests under logs during morning to sun set.
I think this one is the same Omus that Kildale found in Victoria.

Male.
Didn't catch this the first time I guess, but the dilated (expanded) front tarsal segments mean this is a male specimen.

Moved
Moved from Beetles.

Omus dejeani.
Finally, we get some specimens of Omus dejeani, probably the largest species in this genus of nocturnal, flightless tiger beetles. The wrinkled, pitted elytra (wing covers) are distinctive. Nice work! These are actually very common insects in the Pacific Northwest, and I'm surprised we don't have more images.

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