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Spiketails

Cordulegastridae · 3 species

In Québec, the family Cordulegastridae (order Odonata) counts 3 species of insects. The stars? Delta-spotted Spiketail, Twin-spotted Spiketail and Arrowhead Spiketail, the most often observed. The richest region: Capitale-Nationale, with 3 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. Capitale-Nationale3
  2. Estrie3
  3. Outaouais3
  4. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  5. Montérégie3
  6. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  7. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2
  8. Mauricie2
  9. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  10. Nord-du-Québec2
  11. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  12. Lanaudière2
  13. Laurentides2
  14. Centre-du-Québec2

Spiketails 3

Odonata
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Cordulegastridae
All151Libellulidae31Coenagrionidae29Gomphidae27Corduliidae25Aeshnidae21Lestidae9Calopterygidae4Cordulegastridae3Macromiidae2
Delta-spotted Spiketail161 observations
Twin-spotted Spiketail98 observations
Arrowhead Spiketail15 observations