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Family Scutelleridae - Shield-backed Bugs


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Range map for Shield-backed Bugs
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama  4   1524  
Alaska      6     
Alberta   3 31472  
Arizona  9745191232514 
Arkansas     2  2 2 
British Columbia   23723 1  
California 181019432371312 1
Colorado  24 116106 1 
Florida16129121633272422141312
Georgia 31144 3513 
Idaho     1 22   
Illinois    2   3   
Iowa     51 5   
Kansas    1232    
Kentucky    22 12   
Louisiana  4   971182 
Maine    253721  
Manitoba     13     
Maryland  11  3    1 
Massachusetts   11 12    
Michigan    13 1    
Minnesota    5510821  
Mississippi     2   1  
Missouri     3      
Montana    418353  
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Nebraska        2 1 
Nevada       4    
New Brunswick      255   
New Hampshire     1151   
New Jersey    5511699 
New Mexico1 3  45931  
New York     2121   
North Carolina1   14  61255
Nova Scotia      1 1   
Ohio       1    
Oklahoma 31  3281  6
Ontario    21224   
Oregon   4317162  
Pennsylvania       534  
Quebec      6322  
Rhode Island        2   
Saskatchewan     426 2  
South Carolina  31  242211
South Dakota     24     
Tennessee      1     
Texas1510222411361848362911
Utah     255152  
Vermont      421   
Virginia     2 5 4  
Washington   27125441  
West Virginia    2  13   
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wisconsin      76    
Wyoming    2 63    

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