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Superfamily Vespoidea


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 Vespoidea
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama75381644571136249692518
Alaska  221413363873  
Alberta    23302033151  
Arizona35237810412614326916217317711131
Arkansas3861326272829498712 
British Columbia61101133505074503353
California22361392183063543653152551487028
Colorado  6254316615413187294 
Connecticut  1 6113382471 
Delaware  3784132435134 
District of Columbia    113 4   
Florida8478159159160161166235156161136122
Georgia5839414853109915268323
Idaho22122223273716112 
Illinois1 4155654107228180387 
Indiana1  1611243138493454
Iowa2 41222607173863351
Kansas  5326112946515433
Kentucky  71227162132384012
Louisiana11852652016614976756811
Maine  57222267127453422
Manitoba     285167  
Maryland28206395133178204365203406
Massachusetts 19185510613820916486131
Michigan  5429359414441177 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minnesota1 1 2255989248243 
Mississippi  328281211132
Missouri3  212414531934725
Montana2 51582833322324  
Nebraska   23216635101638 
Nevada1 616263681561221
New Brunswick   5825277530331 
New Hampshire  4161922488838303 
New Jersey 411132244681161229219 
New Mexico 21225233663612737126
New York431031469620324720895161
Newfoundland/Labrador     23853  
North Carolina3 284948699411711656273
North Dakota    11104171182 
Northwest Territories   1  51    
Nova Scotia  1 22610841 
Nunavut            
Ohio1 3833568993139377 
Oklahoma1113239674434816067272
Ontario1372362124161237119566 
Oregon488332870879810599168
Pennsylvania161659158128216299324125277
Prince Edward Island      4     
Quebec   212931763423  
Rhode Island   112122161511 
Saskatchewan    13416362532 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
South Carolina831112203326294719205
South Dakota   3620183511121 
Tennessee1 324211735676032209
Texas37389917318924022920824928121369
Utah 362114553766521772
Vermont 1 251134283111  
Virginia441721427510513611191292
Washington32243475761191269443185
West Virginia   5101225172418  
Wisconsin353153085911581256413
Wyoming  142371493  
Yukon Territory    23133    

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