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Species Plathemis lydia - Common Whitetail


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 Common Whitetail
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama   424341   
Arizona     3      
Arkansas   123 12   
British Columbia     33     
California   34641    
Colorado    123 1   
Connecticut     431    
Delaware    25323   
District of Columbia      1 1   
Florida     21     
Georgia  24868102   
Idaho      31    
Illinois   39271714    
Indiana    43211   
Iowa    1512    
Kansas    1633    
Kentucky   21211    
Louisiana  71234 1   
Maine     152     
Manitoba     111    
Maryland   2818108    
Massachusetts    7611211  
Michigan    19521   
Minnesota     68     
Mississippi   1 1 11   
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Missouri   117312   
Montana     181    
Nebraska    120 1    
New Brunswick    237     
New Hampshire     231    
New Jersey    3673    
New Mexico    11  1   
New York    5191874   
North Carolina   1591014112   
North Dakota     13     
Nova Scotia     11     
Ohio    61241    
Oklahoma   241531   
Ontario    32093    
Oregon   147145    
Pennsylvania    2103212  
Quebec    21231   1
Rhode Island     232    
South Carolina   11438 1  
South Dakota     111    
Tennessee   132332   
Texas  557651011  
Utah     23     
Vermont     231    
Virginia   367922   
Washington    12371    
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
West Virginia    112     
Wisconsin    221181    
Wyoming       2    

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