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

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 4347268716910
Alaska  221012352843  
Alberta    1016317131  
Arizona  4 4625 693 
Arkansas2  21235 6132 
British Columbia615575272810125 
California5410101347615369391812
Colorado  139292331134  
Connecticut    3  423  
Delaware   3  2441  
District of Columbia        1   
Florida366831173121015
Georgia5 12711632181215103
Idaho    103101177  
Illinois  2312124130115 
Indiana   552341013  
Iowa  2 21 102784 
Kansas    1 152413
Kentucky  4 7332691 
Louisiana   41 2 6192
Maine   3153254011142 
Manitoba     1437   
Maryland 1 14411121285043103
Massachusetts  4821322555665241
Michigan    6531441143 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minnesota    644261572 
Mississippi    42 1 4 1
Missouri    62321210 2
Montana2  144612511  
Nebraska      3147  
Nevada   33  1 3  
New Brunswick   534 2159  
New Hampshire  321097351414  
New Jersey 435139132332398 
New Mexico   27  6  1 
New York1 27142225844435121
Newfoundland/Labrador     23633  
North Carolina1 412106193024167 
North Dakota    61415962 
Northwest Territories      51    
Nova Scotia    2  311  
Nunavut            
Ohio    10716101771 
Oklahoma 2232433189 
Ontario  572820337745204 
Oregon 63114719216372114
Pennsylvania  12185176214214261154
Quebec   2 99361814  
Rhode Island    16      
Saskatchewan    114 24112  
South Carolina7 334311726 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
South Dakota    4 4424  
Tennessee1 11210162911522
Texas1 488251916225
Utah    24414863 
Vermont    13913144  
Virginia44210713302523243 
Washington3 1018131944543126175
West Virginia    331657  
Wisconsin15168132645523013
Wyoming    1 3221  
Yukon Territory    2371