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Family Gerridae - Water Striders


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 Water Striders
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama        1   
Alaska    33532   
Alberta   3  82    
Arizona689182417 34827141
Arkansas  2 1 1154  
British Columbia   567716   
California21091015171769123 
Colorado  132116111  
Connecticut  1 21123   
Delaware    71      
District of Columbia      1     
Florida252523814442410
Georgia  1 222  1  
Idaho       411  
Illinois14132761861  
Indiana 3   55     
Iowa   1456121  
Kansas  3  2244   
Kentucky    8210 3   
Louisiana   1  1    2
Maine   6324142  
Manitoba     1 1    
Maryland26102471613198  
Massachusetts  31915161966111
Michigan 15 1215  2 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minnesota    1 7     
Mississippi 34 13      
Missouri 141111 11  
Montana     411  67
Nebraska       4522 
Nevada  1  2  1   
New Brunswick   241231   
New Hampshire  32471022   
New Jersey  42151     
New Mexico   61 2 23  
New York  1186211883   
Newfoundland/Labrador    3 743   
North Carolina 3612 8 3   
Nova Scotia     11     
Ohio   51234 2  
Oklahoma  4212 2    
Ontario   2343126423 
Oregon   12351155 1
Pennsylvania  37168494  
Quebec   1487511   
Rhode Island      10     
Saskatchewan     14     
South Carolina 11   12  1 
South Dakota       2    
Tennessee1 5  1 4    
Texas5 310412551392 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Utah   12 15    
Vermont   3 23 1   
Virginia  8523432  2
Washington    415 6   
West Virginia   12113    
Wisconsin   532310 2  
Wyoming    2 73    

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