Kebnat

Anthophora

3 species

In Québec, the genus Anthophora (family Apidae) counts 3 species of insects. The stars? Orange-tipped Wood-digger and Bumblebee-like Digger Bee, the most often observed. The richest region: Bas-Saint-Laurent, with 2 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. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  2. Montréal2
  3. Outaouais2
  4. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  5. Capitale-Nationale1
  6. Mauricie1
  7. Nord-du-Québec1
  8. Lanaudière1
  9. Laurentides1
  10. Montérégie1

Anthophora 3

Hymenoptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Apidae
All230Apidae47Formicidae42Andrenidae36Vespidae35Megachilidae32Halictidae27Colletidae10Melittidae1
Orange-tipped Wood-digger42 observations
Bumblebee-like Digger Bee4 observations
Abrupt Digger BeeAnthophora abrupta