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Order Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths


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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama15858513321699183214871779143417441138463229
Alaska41144490211236155501832
Alberta345601993635354121643932
Arizona26357321112588246431995289764744701871824299
Arkansas2278294479912803717724112567422649
British Columbia8421613367331041188311145311854515
California586103523863293341248184620336232892046886420
Colorado15685272769182526981722828211203
Connecticut22166118034346930328375149
Delaware11 4351191802272852541011316
District of Columbia   1311261630781
Florida123219033094242425061752185419301871177812501540
Georgia14828885795813171228141018361714919254177
Idaho313564811317728623217256176
Illinois724114447112324352701294015143807725
Indiana1821143337702120113461609107533110531
Iowa575486337104522422478185712764936022
Kansas5713126248368354373305145299
Kentucky1482403744541828708495161397
Louisiana32765910851535166113193005144813701056551402
Maine9647171371971188912595621829422
Manitoba 11431264687194001875091
Maryland37521335541457217023682409170076512755
Massachusetts45582828052467468857933817242485224462
Michigan213661015701309141110075582147111
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minnesota7 88196913217625691936883217148
Mississippi1378210918012126213914480349
Missouri131415265310571327998149112703765021
Montana9334592163336944872365171
Nebraska230160373859298026032584135649211712
Nevada611571541502871218312387187
New Brunswick611711238874312558124361663111
New Hampshire613311816111237168412505201442813
New Jersey33322405151354204722581863147065513543
New Mexico1826149376493624112983453427710013
New York27381754191635360141793112170553615131
Newfoundland/Labrador11 9421664042408726 2
North Carolina2112187551592287035993948355829051268505191
North Dakota331222168241892244117641557412596
Northwest Territories    9131210311 
Nova Scotia 11428925242327816132101
Nunavut     115     
Ohio823782316261251181714368083514711
Oklahoma747850912251835150812461854202469519440
Ontario1622854061445356447553186171051213818
Oregon7214637855292213931757138689537815558
Pennsylvania14422348122304374341073461210759211228
Prince Edward Island    113161233  
Quebec4534261924278034271900533159435
Rhode Island453726084133204050307916384416220
Saskatchewan1224214651570649621172154
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
South Carolina34952413694173304094053842199839
South Dakota 21991179199156472816 
Tennessee102189592127219761879188521011524775319170
Texas117019293816504052793876358039014363618534841317
Utah1142140259470648516351181135
Vermont172613759610951416894467140288
Virginia41732446861533192925462034171665015685
Washington5016553810031712251336292757165860420279
West Virginia 343166244608474539236736 
Wisconsin12127245512672972382722591332302528
Wyoming  1943135467714598240291 
Yukon Territory    13306518    

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