Kebnat

Helophilus

4 species

In Québec, the genus Helophilus (family Syrphidae) counts 4 species of insects. The stars? Narrow-headed Marsh Fly, Broad-headed Marsh Fly and Yellow-margined Marsh Fly, the most often observed. The richest region: Côte-Nord, 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

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-Nord4
  2. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  3. Capitale-Nationale2
  4. Mauricie2
  5. Estrie2
  6. Montréal2
  7. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  8. Nord-du-Québec2
  9. Laurentides2
  10. Montérégie2
  11. Centre-du-Québec2
  12. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  13. Outaouais1
  14. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine1
  15. Chaudière-Appalaches1
  16. Laval1
  17. Lanaudière1

Helophilus 4

Diptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Syrphidae
All210Syrphidae130Tabanidae36Bombyliidae21Culicidae21Asilidae1Limoniidae1
Narrow-headed Marsh Fly421 observations
Broad-headed Marsh Fly19 observations
Yellow-margined Marsh Fly11 observations
Obscure Marsh Fly3 observations