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Suborder Zygoptera - Damselflies


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 Damselflies
Credits: Generated with MapServer. BugGuide integration kindly provided by Mike Boone.

Hover over black occurrence boxes to see number of images submitted. Log in to make states, months and boxes clickable.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama  6292420372627 3 
Alaska    426143    
Alberta  12451361   
Arizona221667911873851049373129
Arkansas  192213251422334 
British Columbia   1213335883  
California17561511762122111821575512 
Colorado  65151061266929163 
Connecticut    1019263321  
Delaware  91751522196   
District of Columbia   2 1139   
Florida30368915012597626180444728
Georgia1 21465154472114722
Idaho    26252011   
Illinois   104628319715181121 
Indiana 321231843537307  
Iowa   2193556201224 
Kansas   1103953281310  
Kentucky    30323527335  
Louisiana4314192922381711531
Maine    28591044391  
Manitoba    839492464  
Maryland  622521091046146141 
Massachusetts 1415121092211551084610  
Michigan   150871015437973
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minnesota    261461547220   
Mississippi  9711431  1 
Missouri   716343537287  
Montana   32236311123  
Nebraska    149842272554 
Nevada534719219413732
New Brunswick    143811011   
New Hampshire  1 288056368   
New Jersey  1103411975342412  
New Mexico  1212040592512165 
New York   494258274151844  
Newfoundland/Labrador    472012    
North Carolina  113495132975427412
North Dakota     5456821  
Nova Scotia     5147    
Ohio   44914014549226  
Oklahoma  4104519233327207 
Ontario   2302402341243813  
Oregon   11328967613515 1
Pennsylvania  27431741281093111  
Prince Edward Island      1  1  
Quebec    139413361134  
Rhode Island    43028164   
Saskatchewan    2142995   
South Carolina 46164619221162  
South Dakota     172018103  
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tennessee  394171453715711
Texas122570121167178186203115117629
Utah    1342253210102 
Vermont    542371324  
Virginia  1125286131637172 
Washington   14407592491111  
West Virginia   42123131233  
Wisconsin    2314817645233  
Wyoming    2611154   
Yukon Territory     57     

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