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Subfamily Formicinae


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 Formicinae
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama14526272539281297 
Alaska   127117131   
Alberta 8362014176152  
Arizona2421556813015935212935181726
Arkansas  114111013 29168 
British Columbia 515461630183786  
California8481351341841531069985402023
Colorado 320253766653122   
Connecticut   4353513103 
Delaware1 10411958421 
District of Columbia   1211  2  
Florida5654526472117695111254493
Georgia68161911313623719210
Idaho  44921145   
Illinois1 134646666140391931
Indiana1532111215173511 
Iowa2716266654722843174 
Kansas 12219899   
Kentucky  121691166410  
Louisiana 25311117265 3
Maine  61918374048184111
Manitoba    32251   
Maryland14203898149107696851452414
Massachusetts3166110617291971148757245
Michigan 182118106939242 5
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minnesota 1319374121461821 
Mississippi4  21814 4  
Missouri 31130344022212556 
Montana  28221010128  8
Nebraska  8191414163125 1
Nevada  12981544  13
New Brunswick   14514192028  
New Hampshire  318262523301954 
New Jersey132563588345285017219
New Mexico 281246411052656149
New York1103161107767495634595
Newfoundland/Labrador   115539321216   
North Carolina12112082434929192025113
North Dakota    2124726812 
Northwest Territories     14     
Nova Scotia     2711   
Ohio14 202220311867 2
Oklahoma1 23182115137235411
Ontario 5181964645664271521
Oregon3121717322313222132 4
Pennsylvania6162512218010066514124105
Prince Edward Island      12    
Quebec  1155970396636143 
Rhode Island   1425252211   
Saskatchewan   61562192   
South Carolina 1610781193671
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
South Dakota  4531314    
Tennessee58111626421657168 
Texas342762736860625229355718
Utah  42110131213152  
Vermont   614836 6  
Virginia5132433552220279232318
Washington5220457559495415301 
West Virginia 2561385543  
Wisconsin 21333667583455731 
Wyoming  134671041  
Yukon Territory    1163    

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