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Family Mutillidae - Velvet Ants


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 Velvet Ants
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama   144141771  
Alberta   1  143   
Arizona12325398611719713113039248
Arkansas   4 514919   
British Columbia    1 8 21  
California 41322819295898031254
Colorado   345384801013  
Connecticut      412   
Delaware      9 1   
District of Columbia      1     
Florida5 14276773573723141326
Georgia  12482726783 
Idaho    3254 1  
Illinois   1132714192  
Indiana     841334  
Iowa 1 14423934  
Kansas     7611128  
Kentucky    881510412 
Louisiana  117616211425 
Maine    6 46    
Manitoba       51   
Maryland   613174736312  
Massachusetts   61517473742  
Michigan    245     
Minnesota    2271    
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mississippi   156943 2  
Missouri   1 92111102  
Montana   5111173   
Nebraska   236284020   
Nevada12 617221315  
New Brunswick    1       
New Hampshire    1018131   
New Jersey   2961211421 
New Mexico   3131651251112 
New York   111821592  
North Carolina  36615312944  
North Dakota      28    
Ohio    226811 2 
Oklahoma   1132325363013  
Ontario     22421  
Oregon  112151211   
Pennsylvania     515158   
Quebec      2     
Rhode Island    132102   
Saskatchewan      5199   
South Carolina    1061244 1 
South Dakota     1311    
Tennessee   411512787  
Texas3233958120895962392616
Utah    2182427112  
Vermont     31     
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Virginia   383111241  
Washington     841910   
West Virginia     2 2    
Wisconsin     69621  
Wyoming   1  332   

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