When is the best time to see a False Map Turtle?

False Map Turtle

Graptemys pseudogeographica

The False Map Turtle is a medium-sized basking turtle of the Mississippi River system. It basks in large groups on logs. Males are much smaller than females, which have expanded heads for crushing mollusks.

Habitat

Large rivers and their backwaters in the Mississippi drainage

Diet

Mollusks, crayfish, and aquatic insects (females); insects (males)

How common

Common

Best time to see a False Map Turtle

The best time to see a False Map Turtle is March–July, when about 65% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 6,279 research-grade iNaturalist observations.