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Species Vespula maculifrons - Eastern Yellowjacket


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Range map for Eastern Yellowjacket
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama      1 1  1
Arkansas    4       
Delaware   3    1   
Florida           1
Georgia2     25  2 
Illinois   3  1311  
Kansas      11 2  
Maryland   1    4   
Massachusetts   2  3 47  
Michigan       11   
Minnesota            
Mississippi         1 1
Missouri        2   
Nebraska         1  
New Hampshire         1  
New Jersey       152  
New York       111  
North Carolina   1 111  1 
Ohio        1   
Oklahoma         21 
Ontario  1  121    
Pennsylvania   2116134492 
South Carolina     2      
Tennessee      11    
Texas          3 
Vermont         2  
Virginia3  1  1 12  
West Virginia       22   
Wisconsin    1 4 46  

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