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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Fuscopolistes (Polistes Subgenus Fuscopolistes) » Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus)

Species Polistes fuscatus - Northern Paper Wasp


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 Northern Paper Wasp
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Hover over black occurrence boxes to see number of images submitted. Log in to make states, months and boxes clickable.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama    522 422 
Arkansas 61    23162 
Colorado   521  28  
Connecticut  1 1  792  
Delaware      1116  
District of Columbia      2 3   
Florida19151614118143176
Georgia 46 255526  
Illinois   5378252781 
Indiana1  5 353711  
Iowa  23541711148  
Kansas  2    7415  
Kentucky  3  14 3   
Louisiana  322   32  
Maine  4346528812  
Manitoba       211  
Maryland  5859162346269 
Massachusetts 1 5868252974 
Michigan  1221109851 
Minnesota    62135731 
Mississippi    1 2     
Missouri     2111141 
Nebraska       21010  
New Brunswick    3 51258  
New Hampshire  173 4111112  
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
New Jersey  452497216  
New Mexico     1      
New York 33135517403291 
North Carolina  2328191842 
North Dakota     1 1 2  
Nova Scotia     2 24 1 
Ohio   3245122210  
Oklahoma188214 741771
Ontario132121487204314  
Pennsylvania 141210914344915  
Quebec     15972  
Rhode Island   7 1 34   
South Carolina  1 1 31 6 1
South Dakota    2 364   
Tennessee    3 43142 
Texas 37263 81094 
Vermont 1 13138105  
Virginia  6196131410205 
West Virginia      6286  
Wisconsin  28961220238  

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