Scarabs

Scarabaeidae · 46 species

In Québec, the family Scarabaeidae (order Coleoptera) counts 46 species of insects. The stars? Japanese Beetle, Grapevine Beetle and Bee-mimic Beetle, the most often observed. The richest region: Outaouais, with 33 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. Outaouais33
  2. Lanaudière30
  3. Montérégie30
  4. Montréal27
  5. Capitale-Nationale26
  6. Laurentides26
  7. Estrie25
  8. Chaudière-Appalaches20
  9. Mauricie19
  10. Centre-du-Québec16
  11. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean15
  12. Laval15
  13. Abitibi-Témiscamingue11
  14. Bas-Saint-Laurent10
  15. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine9
  16. Côte-Nord8
  17. Nord-du-Québec5
Japanese Beetle3,090 observations
Grapevine Beetle373 observations
Bee-mimic Beetle303 observations
Rough Hermit Beetle297 observations
American Rose Chafer271 observations
Hermit Flower Beetle176 observations
Three-lined Hoplia116 observations
Bumble Flower Beetle109 observations
European Chafer97 observations
Oriental Beetle85 observations
Forest-ogre June Beetle80 observations
White-collared Chafer69 observations
Relict Rhinoceros Beetle65 observations
Lined Chafer53 observations
Sad chafer42 observations
Harvest June Beetle35 observations
Bronzed Chafer30 observations
Scooped Scarab27 observations
Rural small dung beetle25 observations
Maculated Scarab24 observations
Variegated June Beetle22 observations
Spring small dung beetle20 observations
Small black-and-brown Dung Beetle19 observations
Field small dung beetle17 observations
gravedigger dung beetle16 observations
Dirty chafer14 observations
Emerald Euphoria13 observations
Beaulieu Dung Beetle13 observations
Erratic small dung beetle13 observations
Green-bronze Dung Beetle12 observations
Maculated dung beetle11 observations
Lesser June Beetle9 observations
Rough chafer9 observations
Night-flying Dung Beetle8 observations
Hairy Flower Scarab6 observations
Bloody small dung beetle6 observations
Cut small dung beetle5 observations
Eastern Rhinoceros Beetle3 observations
European Dung Beetle3 observations
Lined Dung Beetle2 observations
Green Rose Chafer1 observations
Forest small dung beetle1 observations
Frigid Dung BeetleCopris fricator
Imbricated small dung beetleAtaenius imbricatus
Small Black Dung BeetleCopris minutus
Germany small dung beetleRhyssemus germanus