What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Polistes nimpha been recorded?

Polistes nimpha occurrence evidence comes from 946 records in 22 countries and territories, from 1870 to 2026. Most records come from Austria.

InsectaHymenopteraEumenidaePolistes

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

946 records across 22 countries and territories, 1870–2026.

Polistes nimpha · GBIF taxon key 1310811

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. 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.

5 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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

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

18702026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Polistes nimpha has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Polistes nimpha. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Austria 714
Luxembourg 58
Sweden 39
Russia 25
France 22
Germany 16
Croatia 15
Italy 14
Kazakhstan 8
Ukraine 8
Portugal 5
Hungary 4
Türkiye 4
Belgium 2
Bulgaria 2
Spain 2
Kyrgyzstan 2
Poland 2
Georgia 1
Greece 1
Morocco 1
Romania 1

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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.