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Genus Vanessa - Ladies and Red Admirals


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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama   3   2 14 
Alberta    2  2    
Arizona 334   5 253
Arkansas     32 25  
California439612616108944
Colorado     16 28  
Connecticut       1    
Delaware        32  
Florida22 3411     
Georgia  162  7121 
Idaho     1      
Illinois   528412532 
Indiana        2   
Iowa     271    
Kansas     1  1   
Kentucky       2    
Louisiana  1       2 
Maine     3 2    
Manitoba   1  31    
Maryland    22422   
Massachusetts    423271  
Michigan    2  2 3  
Minnesota   1  3  1  
Mississippi         11 
Missouri     2231   
Nebraska      13    
Nevada  1         
New Brunswick      11    
New Hampshire     11 2   
New Jersey      54 2  
New Mexico      1   1 
New York    1554471 
North Carolina   2133151  
Ohio     5 14   
Oklahoma   41 11341 
Ontario   1 225    
Oregon      3324  
Pennsylvania    3 1872   
Quebec       1    
Saskatchewan       5    
South Carolina   14 12 3  
South Dakota        1   
Tennessee   2   1  1 
Texas214321112632
Utah    4   1   
Vermont        1   
Virginia    212 2   
Washington   1 22     
West Virginia      325   
Wisconsin     45611  
Wyoming   1   1    

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