Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Subfamily Polistinae - Paper Wasps


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 Paper Wasps

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama 52410212830211422148
Alberta    6 342   
Arizona221749352761725467645225
Arkansas18661861120399 
British Columbia  56798151211 2
California15162429446373836724166
Colorado  5152123184519162 
Connecticut  1 2  993  
Delaware  341487512  
District of Columbia     13 3   
Florida505178718868835777716953
Georgia 8241410173541161814 
Idaho2212 1210322 
Illinois  2778174148101 
Indiana1  1137912161554
Iowa  29542013191511
Kansas  2 358237161 
Kentucky  3944661416 2
Louisiana936181051711182319 
Maine  54648361210  
Manitoba       224  
Maryland2720392131525612572193
Massachusetts 1 71012154638186 
Michigan  146513151264 
Minnesota  1 61189831 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mississippi  323 48 121
Missouri3  2371710231523
Montana  31365993  
Nebraska   2 371521203 
Nevada1 1 28172   
New Brunswick    2 518581 
New Hampshire  114511112118  
New Jersey  5868184133153 
New Mexico 1 8288731726
New York137191219426148153 
North Carolina2 1726183420534619113
North Dakota     1 122  
Northwest Territories   1        
Nova Scotia     2 33 1 
Ohio  36127212443151 
Oklahoma19272715157341744162
Ontario132161916153053201 
Oregon425117822251815 4
Pennsylvania14133539264253812573
Quebec     361284  
Rhode Island   912646   
Saskatchewan     11 712 
South Carolina13537151317161483
South Dakota   32 610741 
Tennessee  2810312211910167
Texas2625595671951228612613910355
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Utah   725620167 2
Vermont 1 13158116  
Virginia  148241730302741101
Washington 2815141030122741 
West Virginia   53 87117  
Wisconsin  2891114262811  
Wyoming  14   222