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Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

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Order Dermaptera - Earwigs


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 Earwigs
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
Alabama3   214138 13
Alberta2         3 
Arizona151510194172119171215
Arkansas     1 245  
British Columbia  12 3228 1 
California1711272720141771514924
Colorado  111251    
Connecticut 2 3  2     
Delaware     22     
Florida22855617212938120
Georgia23216314515 1
Hawaii   3        
Idaho  1  27 111 
Illinois     4115   
Indiana 1  1133621 
Iowa    786761  
Kansas     1 1    
Kentucky2   212 114 
Louisiana5 11436661  
Maine    44587231
Manitoba          2 
Maryland   49155595  
Massachusetts   141223146101 
Michigan   2 14 23  
Minnesota     31211  
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mississippi    12   2  
Missouri      12 1  
Montana    13111   
Nebraska     141  1 
New Brunswick     221 1  
New Hampshire    257 171  
New Jersey   64931 3 1
New Mexico    3117   1
New York  2443415512431
Newfoundland/Labrador 1   454    
North Carolina124354165273
North Dakota       3 3  
Nova Scotia     21     
Ohio    1323331 
Oklahoma   214231 52
Ontario   2 91081282 
Oregon323356743132
Pennsylvania  2 468441  
Quebec     45341  
Rhode Island    313 3   
South Carolina 1 161341723
South Dakota    1       
Tennessee  1176381361
Texas1395253024247121316
Utah    1 2     
Vermont      1     
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Virginia262197361321
Washington125126142311 
West Virginia    12  1   
Wisconsin     6215   
Wyoming    1 1  1  

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