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Water Striders

Gerridae · 5 species

In Québec, the family Gerridae (order Hemiptera) counts 5 species of insects. The stars? North American Common Water Strider, Kayak Pond Skater and Twilight water strider, the most often observed. The richest region: Estrie, with 5 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. Estrie5
  2. Outaouais5
  3. Mauricie4
  4. Lanaudière4
  5. Montérégie4
  6. Abitibi-Témiscamingue3
  7. Laurentides3
  8. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2
  9. Capitale-Nationale2
  10. Montréal2
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  12. Bas-Saint-Laurent1
  13. Côte-Nord1
  14. Nord-du-Québec1
  15. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine1
  16. Laval1
  17. Centre-du-Québec1

Water Striders 5

Hemiptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Gerridae
All482Aphididae92Cicadellidae82Miridae71Membracidae44Pentatomidae33Rhyparochromidae15Reduviidae12Aphrophoridae9Tingidae9Adelgidae6Lygaeidae6Nabidae6Alydidae5Delphacidae5Gerridae5Cicadidae4Clastopteridae4Coreidae4Saldidae4Veliidae4Acanthosomatidae3Anthocoridae3Belostomatidae3Berytidae3Coccidae3Derbidae3Notonectidae3Psyllidae3Rhopalidae3Achilidae2Aradidae2Cimicidae2Corixidae2Cydnidae2Nepidae2Pachygronthidae2Scutelleridae2Thyreocoridae2Triozidae2Blissidae1Caliscelidae1Cixiidae1Cymidae1Diaspididae1Dictyopharidae1Eriococcidae1Flatidae1Hydrometridae1Liviidae1Mesoveliidae1Phylloxeridae1Piesmatidae1Pleidae1Sehiridae1
North American Common Water Strider149 observations
Kayak Pond Skater46 observations
Twilight water strider18 observations
Bueno's water strider8 observations
Aquarius conformis7 observations