Kebnat

Syrphus

5 species

In Québec, the genus Syrphus (family Syrphidae) counts 5 species of insects. The stars? Yellow-legged Flower Fly, Eastern Flower Fly and Common Flower Fly, the most often observed. The richest region: Montréal, 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. Montréal5
  2. Capitale-Nationale4
  3. Mauricie4
  4. Estrie4
  5. Abitibi-Témiscamingue4
  6. Côte-Nord4
  7. Laurentides4
  8. Outaouais3
  9. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine3
  10. Lanaudière3
  11. Montérégie3
  12. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  13. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2
  14. Centre-du-Québec2
  15. Nord-du-Québec1
  16. Laval1

Syrphus 5

Diptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Syrphidae
All210Syrphidae130Tabanidae36Bombyliidae21Culicidae21Asilidae1Limoniidae1
Yellow-legged Flower Fly64 observations
Eastern Flower Fly43 observations
Common Flower Fly39 observations
Hairy-eyed Flower Fly38 observations
Black-thighed Flower Fly3 observations