Kebnat

Colletes

3 species

In Québec, the genus Colletes (family Colletidae) counts 3 species of insects. The stars? Unequal Cellophane Bee and Spine-shouldered Cellophane Bee, the most often observed. The richest region: Capitale-Nationale, 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. Capitale-Nationale2
  2. Estrie2
  3. Montréal2
  4. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  5. Laurentides2
  6. Montérégie2
  7. Bas-Saint-Laurent1
  8. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  9. Mauricie1
  10. Outaouais1
  11. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1
  12. Lanaudière1

Colletes 3

Hymenoptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Colletidae
All230Apidae47Formicidae42Andrenidae36Vespidae35Megachilidae32Halictidae27Colletidae10Melittidae1
Unequal Cellophane Bee56 observations
Spine-shouldered Cellophane Bee12 observations
Blueberry Cellophane BeeColletes validus