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Family Forficulidae - Common Earwigs


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Range map for Common Earwigs
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama        1  3
Alberta          3 
Arizona1 31 21163   
Arkansas        13  
British Columbia   2 3118   
California10417191272 17813
Colorado   11251    
Connecticut   1  1     
Delaware     22     
Florida  13 62111   
Georgia  114213   1
Idaho  1  26 1 1 
Illinois     41 1   
Indiana    1131 11 
Iowa    473     
Kentucky2    1   14 
Louisiana      154   
Maine    2 2441 1
Manitoba          1 
Maryland   12104224  
Massachusetts   1291771101 
Michigan      4 23  
Minnesota     31 11  
Montana    13111   
Nebraska     12   1 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
New Brunswick     221 1  
New Hampshire     26 51  
New Jersey   63931 2  
New Mexico    31      
New York  14330114723 
Newfoundland/Labrador 1   454    
North Carolina  3333 41151
North Dakota         3  
Nova Scotia      1     
Ohio    1323321 
Oklahoma   113      
Ontario   2 856382 
Oregon22134271 111
Pennsylvania  2 16514   
Quebec     45 1   
Rhode Island    1 1 3   
South Carolina   11   1   
South Dakota    1       
Tennessee  1 7 1     
Texas 11  12  3  
Utah    1 1     
Vermont      1     
Virginia1421962 1123
Washington125116122311 
West Virginia    12  1   
Wisconsin     62 5   
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wyoming    1    1  

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