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National Moth Week was July 19-27, and the Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

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Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Family Miridae - Plant Bugs


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 Plant Bugs
Credits: Generated with MapServer. BugGuide integration kindly provided by Mike Boone.

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama591326675617152032279
Alaska    2545393122  
Alberta2  5916482012  1
Arizona29381503895702943365154312126334
Arkansas311127227458  
British Columbia   101563134902915  
California4793168445535393243131111815934
Colorado 128331127633401311
Connecticut     32252561  
Delaware    275219533  
District of Columbia    513     
Florida27358498513422201121622
Georgia15462805831303713161
Idaho    1 4292   
Illinois    44181120583631 
Indiana   118492416822 
Iowa  235018012155458  
Kansas    25391913810  
Kentucky 1 1233181818452 
Louisiana7710484017408109108
Maine   345671369511
Manitoba  2 21718154   
Maryland  2181412502255775219 
Massachusetts214141174514181748965241
Michigan  2 23754315411 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minnesota  1113745040142  
Mississippi2 3211542 31 
Missouri   767603481532 
Montana    33105814131  
Nebraska  43833201313111 
Nevada  92141312333  
New Brunswick    92168393   
New Hampshire1 1517607328944 
New Jersey 137951506940412522
New Mexico295174159462813181216
New York1  21223262047926122 
Newfoundland/Labrador    110573520   
North Carolina3 22793843958552584
North Dakota      4 3   
Nova Scotia     2142    
Ohio1  43561403010821
Oklahoma 7 261027021132617171
Ontario  4 192862456540922
Oregon 17104515111854181752
Pennsylvania 321117744626198724451
Prince Edward Island      1     
Quebec   48153214107509  
Rhode Island    517492351  
Saskatchewan    3334351014 
South Carolina211185020794451
South Dakota     218 1  
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tennessee 112569453214212210 
Texas181911834225011363788517511331
Utah  842129561459  
Vermont    22541644  
Virginia2 22713721221658181516 
Washington 9 14187615861156  
West Virginia1  1112417975  
Wisconsin  3 45227214843731 
Wyoming     101612    
Yukon Territory     3641   

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