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Horse and Deer Flies

Tabanidae · 36 species

In Québec, the family Tabanidae (order Diptera) counts 36 species of insects. The stars? Striped Deer Fly, Bothersome Deer Fly and Black Deer Fly, the most often observed. The richest region: Estrie, with 30 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. Estrie30
  2. Laurentides29
  3. Montérégie29
  4. Montréal28
  5. Outaouais25
  6. Lanaudière20
  7. Chaudière-Appalaches17
  8. Mauricie16
  9. Côte-Nord15
  10. Capitale-Nationale14
  11. Abitibi-Témiscamingue10
  12. Bas-Saint-Laurent9
  13. Nord-du-Québec7
  14. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean6
  15. Centre-du-Québec6
  16. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine5
  17. Laval5

Horse and Deer Flies 36

Diptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Tabanidae
All210Syrphidae130Tabanidae36Bombyliidae21Culicidae21Asilidae1Limoniidae1
Striped Deer Fly94 observations
Bothersome Deer Fly91 observations
Black Deer Fly74 observations
Black Horse Fly51 observations
Yellow-sided deer fly48 observations
Benign Deer Fly40 observations
Dark Deer Fly37 observations
Tranquil horse fly36 observations
One-striped Deer Fly35 observations
Frigid Deer Fly33 observations
Charcoal Deer Fly31 observations
West Indies deer fly31 observations
Yellowjacket Horse Fly30 observations
Ring-clawed Deer Fly29 observations
Mountain Deer Fly29 observations
Orange-sided Horse Fly27 observations
Wandering Deer Fly22 observations
Chained Horse Fly19 observations
Furious Deer Fly18 observations
Sacken's Deer Fly18 observations
Bald Deer Fly13 observations
Bog horse fly12 observations
Gemeni Deer Fly11 observations
White-arrowed Horse Fly11 observations
Five-striped horse fly10 observations
Boreal horse fly10 observations
Striped Horse Fly9 observations
Similar horse fly9 observations
Epistate Horse Fly8 observations
Southern bee horse fly8 observations
Sherman's Deer Fly7 observations
Shaved Horse Fly7 observations
Small-headed horse fly6 observations
Beautiful Deer Fly5 observations
Striated Deer Fly4 observations
Adulterous Deer Fly1 observations