Kebnat

Sericomyia

5 species

In Québec, the genus Sericomyia (family Syrphidae) counts 5 species of insects. The stars? Narrow-banded Pond Fly, Oblique-banded Pond Fly and White-spotted Pond Fly, the most often observed. The richest region: Capitale-Nationale, with 5 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-Nationale5
  2. Nord-du-Québec5
  3. Mauricie4
  4. Outaouais4
  5. Côte-Nord4
  6. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine4
  7. Estrie3
  8. Abitibi-Témiscamingue3
  9. Lanaudière3
  10. Laurentides3
  11. Centre-du-Québec3
  12. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  13. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2
  14. Montréal2
  15. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  16. Laval2
  17. Montérégie2

Sericomyia 5

Diptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Syrphidae
All210Syrphidae130Tabanidae36Bombyliidae21Culicidae21Asilidae1Limoniidae1
Narrow-banded Pond Fly354 observations
Oblique-banded Pond Fly294 observations
White-spotted Pond Fly47 observations
Long-nosed Pond Fly14 observations
Polar Pond Fly3 observations