Bug FAQAudouin's Night-stalking Tiger Beetle
Omus audouini · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae
Audouin's night-stalking tiger beetle lives in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It occurs in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Its habitat includes the west-coast regions of the United States. In Canada it inhabits only Boundary Bay and a small coastal area of Victoria Island.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
The species is native to North America. Within its native range it is found on the U.S. west coast and in a limited part of Canada (Boundary Bay and Victoria Island).
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 4 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Oregon, Washington, California, Colorado.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Carabidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omus_audouini
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