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Brown Lacewings

Hemerobiidae · 8 species

In Québec, the family Hemerobiidae (order Neuroptera) counts 8 species of insects. The stars? Posterior brown lacewing, Humulin Brown Lacewing and brown pine lacewing, the most often observed. The richest region: Montréal, with 6 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. Montréal6
  2. Montérégie6
  3. Laval5
  4. Capitale-Nationale4
  5. Outaouais4
  6. Laurentides4
  7. Mauricie3
  8. Lanaudière3
  9. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  10. Estrie2
  11. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  12. Côte-Nord2
  13. Nord-du-Québec2
  14. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  15. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  16. Chaudière-Appalaches1

Brown Lacewings 8

Neuroptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Hemerobiidae
All21Hemerobiidae8Chrysopidae6Sisyridae3Mantispidae2Ithonidae1Myrmeleontidae1
Posterior brown lacewing33 observations
Humulin Brown Lacewing20 observations
brown pine lacewing20 observations
Grooved brown lacewing14 observations
Variegated Brown Lacewing10 observations
Antique brown lacewing6 observations
Two-winged brown lacewing2 observations
Misty brown lacewing1 observations