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Family Vespidae


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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama7538164253946246602518
Alaska  221413353173  
Alberta    23302033151  
Arizona35237810111913525615617316810331
Arkansas3861324272529427712 
British Columbia61101133505074503353
California22361392183013463533082551487028
Colorado  6254216115412883293 
Connecticut  1 6113382471 
Delaware  3784132435134 
District of Columbia    113 4   
Florida8479159151159161166223155157135121
Georgia5839414853109905165313
Idaho22122123273716112 
Illinois1 4155654101223173337 
Indiana1  1611243034493454
Iowa2 41222566864852951
Kansas  5326112944444543
Kentucky  71227161626343212
Louisiana11852652014614676626811
Maine  57222267126453222
Manitoba     285164  
Maryland28206392130168182362192356
Massachusetts 19185310613820515885131
Michigan  5428359414341177 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minnesota1 1 2255969245243 
Mississippi  328281211132
Missouri3  212414431884425
Montana2 51582831302324  
Nebraska   23216334101625 
Nevada1 616263281591221
New Brunswick   5825277030311 
New Hampshire  4161922488738303 
New Jersey 411132244641111069118 
New Mexico 21225233159592233126
New York431028469220324519493161
Newfoundland/Labrador     23853  
North Carolina3 284947688811111556273
North Dakota    11104171182 
Northwest Territories   1  51    
Nova Scotia  1 22610841 
Nunavut            
Ohio1 3833568987131376 
Oklahoma1113239674434796067272
Ontario1372361110144235118506 
Oregon488332766829510399168
Pennsylvania161659158128209298316122277
Prince Edward Island      4     
Quebec   212929753323  
Rhode Island   112122161511 
Saskatchewan    13416362432 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
South Carolina831112203323274519205
South Dakota   3620183511121 
Tennessee1 324201535666029209
Texas37389917318123622519924128121169
Utah 361913453766521772
Vermont 1 251134283111  
Virginia441721407110013111188272
Washington32243475761121209443185
West Virginia   5101225172318  
Wisconsin353153082911571226113
Wyoming  142371493  
Yukon Territory    23133    

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