Evidence found
12,555 records across 52 countries and territories, 1899–2026.
Polistes dominula · GBIF taxon key 5871389
Where has the Paper Wasp been recorded?
Polistes dominula occurrence evidence comes from 12,555 records in 52 countries and territories, from 1899 to 2026. Most records come from Belgium.
- 12,555 records
- 52 places
- 96 years recorded
- Insecta class
Observation evidence passport
Source coverage
CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.
Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.
What this means
The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.
8 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.
What this does not mean
repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.
A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.
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When it is recorded
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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.
Records over time
18992026
Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.
Where Paper Wasp has been recorded
The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Paper Wasp. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 5,926 | |
| United States | 1,814 | |
| Austria | 1,678 | |
| Germany | 1,129 | |
| Canada | 868 | |
| Luxembourg | 318 | |
| France | 163 | |
| Uzbekistan | 69 | |
| Italy | 68 | |
| Greece | 53 | |
| Netherlands | 42 | |
| Sweden | 39 | |
| Spain | 37 | |
| Portugal | 31 | |
| New Zealand | 26 | |
| Australia | 25 | |
| Croatia | 20 | |
| Russia | 17 | |
| Türkiye | 17 | |
| Bulgaria | 16 | |
| Switzerland | 15 | |
| Czechia | 15 | |
| Poland | 13 | |
| Tunisia | 13 | |
| Israel | 12 | |
| South Africa | 12 | |
| Morocco | 11 | |
| Ukraine | 11 | |
| United Kingdom | 10 | |
| Iran | 10 | |
| Argentina | 8 | |
| Chile | 8 | |
| Jordan | 8 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7 | |
| Mexico | 7 | |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | |
| Slovakia | 6 | |
| Hungary | 5 | |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | |
| Romania | 3 |
Showing the top 40 of 52 places.
Related animals
Others in the family Eumenidae.
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.