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Family Formicidae - Ants


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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama 11162331214
Alaska     611    
Alberta    42 1 2  
Arizona261411819171681573
Arkansas   5 3  5   
British Columbia   4  244   
California2166614434121188211110
Colorado   171212461   
Connecticut   7   12   
Delaware1  354141   
District of Columbia    2     2 
Florida201614362132362216292316
Georgia 4472710111105 
Illinois  6942325108211 
Indiana  1    3714 
Iowa  7859766 3 
Kansas   3  39    
Kentucky     1      
Louisiana42644721 4 1
Maine      26    
Manitoba    2       
Maryland3 69111261061711
Massachusetts296588652534353318151
Michigan  1424556   
Minnesota   512435   
Mississippi2   22 2    
Missouri  1654426 2 
Montana  1 6244    
Nebraska      21    
New Brunswick    63 1    
New Hampshire  381264410926
New Jersey    291111493 1
New Mexico  214 13    
New York  4 391866  
Newfoundland/Labrador    2981391   
North Carolina334125137774 1
Nova Scotia      4     
Ohio   11 311   
Oklahoma1612301727131312165512
Ontario  3510171155121
Oregon 1 145 4 3  
Pennsylvania 232819781041232
Prince Edward Island      1     
Quebec     43510   
Rhode Island   1        
South Carolina    54 4213 
South Dakota  23   4    
Tennessee  22247  1  
Texas1310325297411418859
Utah    24473   
Vermont   51011  4  
Virginia  44710846764
Washington  810203513111011 
West Virginia 23 4412    
Wisconsin  43109221621   
Wyoming       2    

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