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Species Papilio polyxenes - Black Swallowtail - Hodges#4159


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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama     12     
Arizona1 531323622 
Arkansas  21453294  
California 417        
Colorado    2322 2  
Connecticut       2    
Delaware    1122    
Florida1 443328141131  
Georgia 1111152    
Illinois   2178771  
Indiana     3684 1 
Iowa     310142  
Kansas    1 5612  
Kentucky    22      
Louisiana 1  5413 11 
Maine    1111106   
Manitoba    1 44    
Maryland    3241363  
Massachusetts   1214911  
Michigan     1671   
Minnesota     4423   
Missouri   2 11691  
Nebraska    1656431 
Nevada       111  
New Brunswick       21   
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
New Hampshire    114     
New Jersey    151511112  
New Mexico  2  44 2   
New York    79141977  
North Carolina  1127615193 3
Ohio   1 26113   
Oklahoma  33159313  
Ontario    25191675  
Pennsylvania    18161834  
Quebec    23241   
Rhode Island      12 11 
Saskatchewan     1      
South Carolina   123422   
South Dakota    2 21    
Tennessee  11 14113  
Texas 1419297711863 
Vermont    1413    
Virginia   11141066  
West Virginia    1  3    
Wisconsin    1481662  
Wyoming    1       

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