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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Polistes (Polistes Subgenus Polistes) » European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)

Species Polistes dominula - European Paper Wasp


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 European Paper Wasp
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama       112 2
Alberta    2 13    
Arizona     241    
Arkansas        2   
British Columbia  43441964  
California279782613311422 
Colorado   125917631 
Connecticut    1 1  1  
Delaware  3   2  2  
District of Columbia     1      
Florida  1         
Georgia   2        
Idaho    111631  
Illinois  124 9139 1 
Indiana     13421  
Iowa   4   13 1 
Kansas      12    
Kentucky   32  1    
Louisiana    3       
Maine  112 3941  
Manitoba        13  
Maryland  2  3834   
Massachusetts   215713962 
Michigan   13435513 
Minnesota  1   441   
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Missouri    1171 1  
Montana  1 22373   
Nebraska      22171 
Nevada       1    
New Brunswick    2  6    
New Hampshire   72131 31 
New Jersey   1 3434 3 
New Mexico   4 1 1    
New York  456132016862 
North Carolina     8 33   
Nova Scotia       1    
Ohio   1616710   
Ontario   4558111161 
Oregon3116351718147  
Pennsylvania  1784121353 2
Quebec     21313  
Rhode Island   21161    
Saskatchewan     11 1 2 
South Dakota         2  
Utah      1911  
Vermont      1 11  
Virginia     355 1  
Washington 28101182161041 
Wisconsin     52791  
Wyoming       2    

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