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Tumbling Flower Beetles

Mordellidae · 15 species

In Québec, the family Mordellidae (order Coleoptera) counts 15 species of insects. The stars? Yellow-shouldered Tumbling Flower Beetle, Tumbling Ragdoll and Two-toothed Tumbling Flower Beetle, the most often observed. The richest region: Capitale-Nationale, 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. Capitale-Nationale6
  2. Estrie6
  3. Montréal6
  4. Montérégie6
  5. Mauricie5
  6. Laurentides5
  7. Outaouais2
  8. Centre-du-Québec2
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  10. Côte-Nord1
  11. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine1
  12. Laval1
  13. Lanaudière1

Tumbling Flower Beetles 15

Coleoptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Mordellidae
All1,199Curculionidae143Chrysomelidae142Cerambycidae139Carabidae118Staphylinidae78Elateridae47Scarabaeidae46Coccinellidae42Buprestidae34Tenebrionidae33Dytiscidae30Nitidulidae27Cantharidae20Dermestidae20Cleridae19Mordellidae15Cicindelidae14Erotylidae13Hydrophilidae12Ptinidae12Meloidae11Lycidae10Histeridae9Lampyridae9Brentidae8Mycetophagidae8Pyrochroidae8Scirtidae8Endomychidae7Silvanidae7Anthribidae6Geotrupidae6Tetratomidae6Attelabidae5Bostrichidae5Melandryidae5Melyridae5Zopheridae5Anthicidae4Lucanidae4Oedemeridae4Aderidae3Byrrhidae3Cryptophagidae3Laemophloeidae3Scraptiidae3Eucnemidae2Haliplidae2Kateretidae2Latridiidae2Psephenidae2Trogidae2Byturidae1Cerylonidae1Ciidae1Corylophidae1Cucujidae1Cupedidae1Dryopidae1Eucinetidae1Gyrinidae1Helophoridae1Heteroceridae1Leiodidae1Lophocateridae1Lymexylidae1Monotomidae1Mycetaeidae1Orsodacnidae1Passandridae1Peltidae1Phalacridae1Ptilodactylidae1Salpingidae1Stenotrachelidae1Synchroidae1Thanerocleridae1Throscidae1Thymalidae1Trogossitidae1
Yellow-shouldered Tumbling Flower Beetle43 observations
Tumbling Ragdoll19 observations
Two-toothed Tumbling Flower Beetle11 observations
Fawn tumbling flower beetle11 observations
Pale-edged Tumbling Flower Beetle4 observations
Three-banded Tumbling Flower Beetle3 observations
Three-lobed Tumbling Flower Beetle2 observations
Ornated Tumbling Flower Beetle2 observations
Blistered Tumbling Flower Beetle1 observations
Cervical Tumbling Flower Beetle1 observations
Elegant tumbling flower beetle1 observations
Tumbling MournerMordella atrata
Lined tumbling flower beetleTomoxia lineella
Eight-spotted Tumbling Flower BeetleHoshihananomia octopunctata
Hebrew tumbling flower beetleFalsomordellistena hebraica