Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees

Andrenidae · 36 species

In Québec, the family Andrenidae (order Hymenoptera) counts 36 species of insects. The stars? Dunning's Miner, Wilke's Mining Bee and Clark's Mining Bee, the most often observed. The richest region: Montérégie, with 16 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Montérégie16
  2. Montréal15
  3. Outaouais15
  4. Capitale-Nationale14
  5. Estrie14
  6. Laurentides11
  7. Mauricie10
  8. Chaudière-Appalaches10
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean7
  10. Lanaudière7
  11. Côte-Nord5
  12. Laval5
  13. Bas-Saint-Laurent4
  14. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine4
  15. Abitibi-Témiscamingue3
  16. Centre-du-Québec2
  17. Nord-du-Québec1