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Family Belostomatidae - Giant Water Bugs


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 Giant Water Bugs
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama  72   4    
Alberta     5 13   
Arizona10 26514372011191882
Arkansas  1  1 36   
British Columbia    13 3411 
California  4246712832 
Colorado     33     
Connecticut   1        
Delaware   8        
Florida565 7162011614212
Georgia 32132 11   
Idaho     1  1   
Illinois      311   
Indiana    5     6 
Iowa  1 214 33  
Kansas     2 1    
Kentucky   3  23 3  
Louisiana155469423   
Maine   13211021  
Manitoba       1    
Maryland   331643   
Massachusetts  4810147283  
Michigan  2 5113 1  
Minnesota    1 3241  
Mississippi   1 4      
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Missouri      3   2 
Montana    2  23   
Nebraska     212 2  
Nevada     2  1   
New Brunswick   2 12263  
New Hampshire    1 2  1  
New Jersey      3 11  
New Mexico       13   
New York 112533 822 
Newfoundland/Labrador     1      
North Carolina   2232 41  
North Dakota   3        
Nova Scotia       1    
Ohio  1133 112  
Oklahoma     3  4   
Ontario   21 455   
Oregon    63141   
Pennsylvania  6315  1   
Quebec   21  451  
Rhode Island   2  2 3   
Saskatchewan       32   
South Carolina     1   34 
Tennessee  11  1313  
Texas3  3178266253 
Utah     1 2    
Vermont   1        
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Virginia  3 2 1     
Washington   321 242  
West Virginia      1  2  
Wisconsin   5 3316   
Wyoming   11       

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