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Subfamily Polistinae - Paper Wasps


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Range map for Paper Wasps
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama  1412343338 
Arizona8 830179717181164
Arkansas 611 1332   
British Columbia  12324762  
California84118816302520722
Colorado   2637942  
Connecticut  1 1  164  
Delaware   21 3131  
District of Columbia        3   
Florida11151317232312626192115
Georgia 11543498144 
Idaho     1      
Illinois   3144108   
Indiana         1  
Iowa   3  5342 1
Kansas       1    
Kentucky     2      
Louisiana52 136 23363 
Maine    2218    
Manitoba       2 3  
Maryland  4517199   
Massachusetts 1 10429161592 
Michigan   114574   
Minnesota    1   2   
Mississippi  113 18    
Missouri       121  
Montana  2 125421  
Nebraska       410   
Nevada     1      
New Brunswick       33   
New Hampshire      1672  
New Jersey  3 22615106  
New Mexico   2   153  
New York   32859102  
North Carolina  71642111553 
Ohio   2 11 27  
Oklahoma181415 3217425141
Ontario 1 11612101261 
Oregon   6514 1   
Pennsylvania 111491218927189 
Quebec      22    
Rhode Island   611514   
South Carolina   11187311 
Tennessee    2 3423  
Texas6610112213301530171518
Utah    1 123   
Vermont    2   21  
Virginia    355724  
Washington 134855273  
West Virginia       357  
Wisconsin  233161171  

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