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Subfamily Vespinae - Hornets and Yellowjackets


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 Hornets and Yellowjackets
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama7 43783011817910
Alaska  221413352843  
Alberta    1019318131  
Arizona  447628 6133 
Arkansas2  21236 8192 
British Columbia615575292810145 
California5412121548646475502112
Colorado  159312832134  
Connecticut    4 414231 
Delaware   3  2441  
District of Columbia        1   
Florida266834173141115
Georgia5 121111833181315103
Idaho    105131277  
Illinois  2512124433115 
Indiana   572341113  
Iowa  2 611152784 
Kansas    1 152413
Kentucky  418332691 
Louisiana  241 2 101102
Maine   3153254011152 
Manitoba     14311   
Maryland 1 15491225375547123
Massachusetts  41021322561675251
Michigan    13532451143 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minnesota1   644261572 
Mississippi    42 1 4 1
Missouri    62321211 2
Montana2  157912513  
Nebraska      3159  
Nevada   33  633  
New Brunswick   534 2159  
New Hampshire  3210973515142 
New Jersey 4351513132732399 
New Mexico   27  6 22 
New York3 311172429904435131
Newfoundland/Labrador     23833  
North Carolina1 618106223224188 
North Dakota    61415962 
Northwest Territories      51    
Nova Scotia    2  311  
Nunavut            
Ohio    11716101771 
Oklahoma 2552443189 
Ontario  572824388246204 
Oregon 63114720505975154
Pennsylvania  12392216214414362154
Quebec   2 99381914  
Rhode Island   217      
Saskatchewan    114324112  
South Carolina7 334311725 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
South Dakota    4 4424  
Tennessee1 11210162911522
Texas124882511016255
Utah   624718896 
Vermont    131713144  
Virginia44210713313023244 
Washington3 1418131946543134175
West Virginia    533657  
Wisconsin15178132650523013
Wyoming    1 3221  
Yukon Territory    2371    

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