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Silver Star Mountain Beetle 7 - Omus dejeanii

Silver Star Mountain Beetle 7 - Omus dejeanii
Silver Star Mountain Trail, Skamania County, Washington, USA
July 6, 2013
My guess is a tiger beetle.

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Omus dejeanii
Greater night-stalking tiger beetle. The dimples on the abdominal dorsum and the dimple in the mid-longitudinal crease on the pronotum distinguish it from other species of Omus. Night stalking tiger beetles (Omus) range along western North America from British Columbia almost to northern California in dense woodland, are flightless, and are considered the most primitive of extant tiger beetles (most similar to the ancestral group that gave rise to tiger beetles).