Kebnat

Halictus

3 species

In Québec, the genus Halictus (family Halictidae) counts 3 species of insects. The stars? Orange-legged Furrow Bee, Ligated Furrow Bee and Confusing Furrow Bee, the most often observed. The richest region: Capitale-Nationale, 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. Capitale-Nationale3
  2. Estrie3
  3. Montréal3
  4. Outaouais3
  5. Laval3
  6. Lanaudière3
  7. Laurentides3
  8. Montérégie3
  9. Mauricie2
  10. Côte-Nord2
  11. Nord-du-Québec2
  12. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  13. Bas-Saint-Laurent1
  14. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  15. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1
  16. Centre-du-Québec1

Halictus 3

Hymenoptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Halictidae
All230Apidae47Formicidae42Andrenidae36Vespidae35Megachilidae32Halictidae27Colletidae10Melittidae1
Orange-legged Furrow Bee316 observations
Ligated Furrow Bee181 observations
Confusing Furrow Bee62 observations