Formica

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.

13 species

In Québec, the genus Formica (family Formicidae) counts 13 species of insects. The stars? Slave-making Mound Ant, Podzol Ant and Eastern Mound Ant, the most often observed. The richest region: Capitale-Nationale, with 4 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

Capitale-Nationale4
Côte-Nord4
Montérégie4
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean3
Estrie3
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine3
Laurentides3
Mauricie2
Montréal2
Outaouais2
Nord-du-Québec2
Lanaudière2
Bas-Saint-Laurent1
Abitibi-Témiscamingue1