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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

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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


pale elytral suture


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 pale elytral suture

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama  121       
Alaska    64 12   
Alberta2   22123   
Arizona  494  45213
Arkansas  11 1  1  1
British Columbia   12723204   
California592620353813871131
Colorado1  19526815  
Delaware    11  4   
District of Columbia     1      
Florida   112   11 
Georgia 214 112  1 
Idaho    3 32    
Illinois   355231   
Indiana  1 11 1 2  
Iowa    13 23   
Kansas    3       
Kentucky   13 2     
Louisiana   11 31   2
Maine   2363 2   
Maryland212186422   
Massachusetts    252434  
Michigan 3 11225 1  
Minnesota     1512   
Missouri   451 1  1 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montana  3757912   
Nebraska 112735333972   
Nevada   211      
New Brunswick    3569111 
New Hampshire    2252 1  
New Jersey 131164 2  1
New Mexico  13 42     
New York   43156114  
Newfoundland/Labrador       3    
North Carolina111282  141 
North Dakota   121251   
Northwest Territories      11    
Nova Scotia       5    
Ohio   4  122   
Oklahoma  257       
Ontario   1575113   
Oregon14425818425  
Pennsylvania   3710141   
Prince Edward Island      1     
Quebec    11882   
Rhode Island     1      
Saskatchewan  114510223 1
South Carolina   1 3  11  
South Dakota    14      
Tennessee   15   21 1
Texas11922112243411
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Utah 21 33147    
Vermont    1 2 2   
Virginia   52    2  
Washington 43511215643 1
Wisconsin  1 481625   
Wyoming    135263   
Yukon Territory      21