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

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Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps


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 Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama13231191451882563742682001577231
Alaska  25185120194110133  
Alberta 113371511721732015342 
Arizona21632112361519200820603016218617961019426123
Arkansas41737115112198208249387311511
British Columbia698827633554256049533410977
California2314471727280134343982380827081726969427158
Colorado2750210487136917891605537907 
Connecticut2 53663681682161354482
Delaware122066658811914112849101
District of Columbia   421243654622
Florida4214708088401085134711431262944813668732
Georgia14521552593384365024752822038520
Hawaii           6
Idaho221246260221247199115333 
Illinois2552396480806131616071033238442
Indiana2661210912624932028817167114
Iowa9154638762975912371026587152243
Kansas 321140162241295345294187225
Kentucky 68510713115813820516094182
Louisiana242521114719220143530932533516738
Maine  1714917325262468215978254
Manitoba   5143750654512  
Maryland2138203745776107315671168118152610546
Massachusetts829191667978847148714619374105113
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Michigan342912120726351652521530155
Minnesota24692295421731679350525 
Mississippi1252749618956573041114
Missouri49501312203344363133561162110
Montana5 175716339225927121284 8
Nebraska  189013624652144244010981
Nevada24104278395283204135104922327
New Brunswick2347621422025833290985 
New Hampshire  2011220619937148816484136
New Jersey3159136343156688065146425810027
New Mexico 25793083265349046023761745021
New York625124513843125818151704964358456
Newfoundland/Labrador   17769487493733 
North Carolina324016441630960378254544622810528
North Dakota1  563983811735144 
Northwest Territories   2614126    
Nova Scotia  38294558653292 
Nunavut      1     
Ohio361317929430871767243287183
Oklahoma25361682784514934175894552136821
Ontario21156300560118015111523709194132
Oregon195330732358274211659665002402917
Pennsylvania1129147591877902152212888033119519
Prince Edward Island     3177 1  
Quebec9 257139294374444225836 
Rhode Island  335421471889692311
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Saskatchewan 4 4013529231038111082 
South Carolina11258080113209207213169979023
South Dakota  1111669112820260254 
Tennessee1117531861272803252572611428515
Texas22221871111371556178419991696166614511076349
Utah 11112247306350492498347168242
Vermont31433121901861266328  
Virginia234721938043851586976751926310734
Washington14371795601187118613731040430212347
West Virginia 21157645514183764971
Wisconsin38361914556851143121658717523
Wyoming  2192986135192796  
Yukon Territory    9259322    

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