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Subfamily Sphecinae


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 Sphecinae
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama    1116141183  
Alberta        3   
Arizona  31535252836503361
Arkansas    1549134  
British Columbia     41220134  
California1 154490169757418  
Colorado     22233515   
Connecticut      722111  
Delaware       973  
District of Columbia    32 1    
Florida514273920457882301110
Georgia 5137221736314  
Idaho      5176   
Illinois     17749536   
Indiana     672542  
Iowa     4412610  1
Kansas      10194   
Kentucky      1179   
Louisiana   28 3132473043
Maine     116514   
Manitoba       2    
Maryland    1366981782  
Massachusetts     115574204  
Michigan    25182552  
Minnesota      243012   
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mississippi    8 1  2  
Missouri     127102511 
Montana    5 92610   
Nebraska     8142013   
Nevada    248810   
New Brunswick  1   32 1  
New Hampshire     113303   
New Jersey     1028261542 
New Mexico   10 17172589  
New York     108076292  
North Carolina    819564728631
North Dakota      252   
Ohio    15654534   
Oklahoma   3 5618252  
Ontario     16773323  
Oregon    333055202  
Pennsylvania    3145479328  
Quebec     1263   
Rhode Island     42278   
Saskatchewan     367    
South Carolina    2111112961 
South Dakota    215104   
Tennessee     220816   
Texas  317293455786558123
Utah    316301685  
Vermont      342   
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Virginia    111595638   
Washington    1176038154  
West Virginia      7 8   
Wisconsin     133048141  
Wyoming     2131   

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