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Family Silphidae - Carrion Beetles


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Range map for Carrion Beetles
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alaska      2     
Alberta    221 7   
Arizona    5 113   
Arkansas    2 1     
British Columbia       3    
California 2  432612   
Colorado    24 13   
Connecticut    1    1  
Florida 12 3 3 6 35
Georgia 221311     
Idaho      31    
Illinois  2 2 41    
Iowa     3121   
Kansas     3  2   
Kentucky    3       
Maine      8     
Manitoba        1   
Maryland  1 124 2   
Massachusetts   2 36131  
Michigan    1 712   
Minnesota   232621   
Mississippi      3    1
Missouri     2      
Montana      1 1   
Nebraska        12  
New Brunswick      23    
New Hampshire   411614 3  
New Jersey    72      
New Mexico     1 5    
New York   12212    
North Carolina11 281 41   
North Dakota    1 11    
Nova Scotia     1 1    
Ohio      11    
Oklahoma    2 3 2 2 
Ontario     611  1 
Oregon  114122    
Pennsylvania    41041    
Quebec      2     
Rhode Island 1  26      
Saskatchewan       3    
South Carolina    1  1    
South Dakota    1       
Tennessee   11       
Texas       1    
Utah          2 
Vermont     2411   
Virginia   1  1 22  
Washington   1322 8   
West Virginia  5 1   1   
Wisconsin   13 4 1   
Wyoming       1    

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