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Family Sphecidae - Thread-waisted Wasps


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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama    132326332151 
Alaska     36     
Alberta    351126 2 
Arizona 130679783108128115102274
Arkansas    215111541185 
British Columbia    572237176  
California2818581232252921811385510 
Colorado  411277291103382  
Connecticut      1942155  
Delaware    14516127  
District of Columbia    3221    
Florida1041660997089124104502416
Georgia 5252352525043137 
Idaho  1 1521226173  
Illinois     331121488382 
Indiana    211193562  
Iowa    58603418  1
Kansas     71434267  
Kentucky   228728143  
Louisiana   12141643435638184
Maine     45875173  
Manitoba     333    
Maryland1   762129127144161 
Massachusetts   1220103126598  
Michigan    392540192  
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minnesota     9374620   
Mississippi   1924  7  
Missouri    11459234481 
Montana  976112439293  
Nebraska  221153547235  
Nevada  614161716191151 
New Brunswick  1  5221011  
New Hampshire     2284052  
New Jersey   2114627036112 
New Mexico 1316751486827162 
New York1   431128135627  
North Carolina    164291746715142
North Dakota      3102   
Nova Scotia      413   
Ohio    389470553  
Oklahoma   10141038433994 
Ontario 1  340151105528  
Oregon    6137074263  
Pennsylvania  13530881265112  
Prince Edward Island      5     
Quebec     4262762  
Rhode Island     52989   
Saskatchewan   2 1627122   
South Carolina  111224191614123 
South Dakota    227147   
Tennessee 4  41029202133 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Texas  8398696121143119107336
Utah  313273151343918  
Vermont      762   
Virginia    829102958131 
Washington 2 1143410765275  
West Virginia      15412   
Wisconsin     305261247  
Wyoming     452211   

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