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Subfamily Elaterinae


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 Elaterinae

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama  7533721164   
Alaska    512      
Alberta  3 446     
Arizona  1284511923812728   
Arkansas   3 615  1 
British Columbia4 132256702013    
California510295713083619 15420
Colorado    21812     
Connecticut     246    
Delaware   128631   
Florida 46276386222199 3
Georgia3 11225232683  1
Idaho    106      
Illinois  4614353085   
Indiana  91123203023   
Iowa  11021251622   
Kansas   146521   
Kentucky  5101712111211 
Louisiana   21512256112 
Maine  21362297  2 
Manitoba     45     
Maryland12215375245961541286
Massachusetts 6315115911476191012 1
Michigan  119181014     
Minnesota   25191  45 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mississippi8   1281521 15
Missouri1 247121423   
Montana   412      
Nebraska 3  253     
Nevada  21  1     
New Brunswick    191991    
New Hampshire318256241914 1 
New Jersey 321539375219  4 
New Mexico    69306    
New York 181351412814  21
Newfoundland/Labrador   1 1113     
North Carolina  2161934441342  
North Dakota     74     
Nova Scotia    226     
Ohio   1315666 1 1
Oklahoma3123672095   
Ontario  1427271112   
Oregon2116243232235    
Pennsylvania3 1524991018712255 5
Prince Edward Island    12      
Quebec   86497331534 3
Rhode Island    21018     
Saskatchewan    1192     
South Carolina1 411263334101  1
South Dakota      1  1  
Tennessee13266282619 1  
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Texas 21232585969472262 
Utah    917   3 
Vermont   163814   
Virginia2 3232710155 12  
Washington 394346603271  2
West Virginia2  45645    
Wisconsin   738609772