Kebnat

Epistrophe

3 species

In Québec, the genus Epistrophe (family Syrphidae) counts 3 species of insects. The stars? Black-horned Smoothtail, Straight-banded Smoothtail and Emarginate Smoothtail, the most often observed. The richest region: Côte-Nord, with 3 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. Côte-Nord3
  2. Montréal2
  3. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  4. Bas-Saint-Laurent1
  5. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  6. Capitale-Nationale1
  7. Mauricie1
  8. Estrie1
  9. Outaouais1
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches1
  12. Lanaudière1
  13. Laurentides1
  14. Montérégie1

Epistrophe 3

Diptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Syrphidae
All210Syrphidae130Tabanidae36Bombyliidae21Culicidae21Asilidae1Limoniidae1
Black-horned Smoothtail82 observations
Straight-banded Smoothtail6 observations
Emarginate Smoothtail4 observations