Kebnat

Mystacides

3 species

In Québec, the genus Mystacides (family Leptoceridae) counts 3 species of insects. The stars? Black Dancer Caddisfly and Gold-winged Long-horned Caddisfly, the most often observed. The richest region: Capitale-Nationale, with 2 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-Nationale2
  2. Mauricie2
  3. Estrie2
  4. Montréal2
  5. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  6. Nord-du-Québec2
  7. Laurentides2
  8. Montérégie2
  9. Bas-Saint-Laurent1
  10. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  11. Outaouais1
  12. Côte-Nord1
  13. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine1
  14. Chaudière-Appalaches1
  15. Laval1
  16. Lanaudière1
  17. Centre-du-Québec1

Mystacides 3

Trichoptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Leptoceridae
All35Leptoceridae12Limnephilidae10Phryganeidae6Hydropsychidae2Helicopsychidae1Hydroptilidae1Philopotamidae1Polycentropodidae1Uenoidae1
Black Dancer Caddisfly119 observations
Gold-winged Long-horned Caddisfly16 observations
Leptocère azuréMystacides azureus