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Subfamily Polistinae - Paper Wasps


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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama 52410233142351929148
Alberta    6 342   
Arizona322152352767925872685325
Arkansas186618611274710 
British Columbia  56798151413 2
California15172430466577907529267
Colorado  5162129214821173 
Connecticut  1 2 112103  
Delaware  3414875121 
District of Columbia     13 3   
Florida535184769474835878727256
Georgia 8251613214141162114 
Idaho221211210522 
Illinois  29119204653102 
Indiana1  1137912181554
Iowa  29542414201511
Kansas  5 5582310261 
Kentucky  3944661419 2
Louisiana947191051718192320 
Maine  54668371214  
Manitoba       224  
Maryland2720422231536312878193
Massachusetts 1 71012154938186 
Michigan  146513161464 
Minnesota  1 62189831 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mississippi  323 48 121
Missouri3  23101711251723
Montana  31365993  
Nebraska   2 481623255 
Nevada1 1 28172   
New Brunswick    5 518581 
New Hampshire  11451111211151 
New Jersey  5869184633156 
New Mexico 1 84108841926
New York137191220446449153 
North Carolina2 1925223420534620113
North Dakota     1 122  
Northwest Territories   1        
Nova Scotia     2 34 1 
Ohio1 36127212945191 
Oklahoma19272715157351944162
Ontario132161916153154201 
Oregon42511782525171514
Pennsylvania14133639274855862873
Quebec     361285  
Rhode Island   912646   
Saskatchewan     13 712 
South Carolina13538151317161483
South Dakota   32 610741 
Tennessee  2810315211915167
Texas26275958729712710513814111055
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Utah   725624167 2
Vermont 1 13158116  
Virginia  158241730373941101
Washington 2815141030122851 
West Virginia   53 147117  
Wisconsin  2891115273212  
Wyoming  14   222  

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