Kebnat

Melissodes

7 species

In Québec, the genus Melissodes (family Apidae) counts 7 species of insects. The stars? Eastern Thistle Longhorn Bee, Drury's Long-horned Bee and Valiant Long-horned Bee, the most often observed. The richest region: Montréal, 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. Montréal4
  2. Estrie3
  3. Laurentides3
  4. Montérégie3
  5. Capitale-Nationale2
  6. Mauricie2
  7. Outaouais2
  8. Lanaudière2
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches1
  12. Laval1

Melissodes 7

Hymenoptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Apidae
All230Apidae47Formicidae42Andrenidae36Vespidae35Megachilidae32Halictidae27Colletidae10Melittidae1
Eastern Thistle Longhorn Bee83 observations
Drury's Long-horned Bee11 observations
Valiant Long-horned Bee7 observations
Dark-veined Longhorn Bee7 observations
Denticulate Longhorn BeeMelissodes denticulatus
Tooth-bellied long-horned beeMelissodes dentiventris
Echinacea LonghornMelissodes subillatus