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National Moth Week was July 19-27, and the Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Superfamily Empidoidea


The information below is based on images submitted and identified by contributors. Range and date information may be incomplete, overinclusive, or just plain wrong.

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Range map for Empidoidea
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama 6204538354929231381
Alaska2  3122940842  
Alberta  3  312    
Arizona129820767960603111129
Arkansas  9124925 35  
British Columbia  1315244444511343 
California26621581651411111039370292810
Colorado  2252845845 1
Connecticut 2 410271751   
Delaware   9127103 32 
District of Columbia            
Florida3641133553750212832285854
Georgia4582439202079431
Idaho    4111141  
Illinois3 110511016391322313
Indiana   113331684   
Iowa4 716621325626117129
Kansas  411161382 12 
Kentucky3 71244307613  
Louisiana1820322310156315106
Maine   31280551371 3
Manitoba     995    
Maryland4 1481160143874426910 
Massachusetts 7735174355212135592856
Michigan   213412365   
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minnesota    104622195   
Mississippi  15 831     
Missouri 5 82221539  4
Montana    913521 11
Nebraska   1329181013  
Nevada   7 1733    
New Brunswick  211748326    
New Hampshire   91337392552  
New Jersey  6246187422397  
New Mexico1262147994277
New York   911119612337214  
Newfoundland/Labrador      2374  2
North Carolina 511436857192721226
North Dakota    61 23   
Nova Scotia    238311  
Nunavut      5     
Ohio   340504715101  
Oklahoma  82138191881061 
Ontario  214616611251142 2
Oregon 73632287038493237154
Pennsylvania  1372432262331319329  
Prince Edward Island      2     
Quebec    54979259138  
Rhode Island   41370279121  
Saskatchewan 556691672   
South Carolina 257731384 1
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
South Dakota     1 4    
Tennessee 6142344361510122 
Texas61935895535303926492011
Utah    161561   
Vermont   141616105   
Virginia1 166660371876   
Washington6 3555554946241095 
West Virginia   81320519112 
Wisconsin  1 501679933173  
Wyoming1    41     
Yukon Territory     104     

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