Kebnat

Tabanus

5 species

In Québec, the genus Tabanus (family Tabanidae) counts 5 species of insects. The stars? Black Horse Fly, Chained Horse Fly and Five-striped horse 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. Laurentides5
  3. Montérégie5
  4. Estrie4
  5. Outaouais4
  6. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  7. Laval2
  8. Lanaudière2
  9. Bas-Saint-Laurent1
  10. Capitale-Nationale1
  11. Mauricie1
  12. Centre-du-Québec1

Tabanus 5

Diptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Tabanidae
All210Syrphidae130Tabanidae36Bombyliidae21Culicidae21Asilidae1Limoniidae1
Black Horse Fly51 observations
Chained Horse Fly19 observations
Five-striped horse fly10 observations
Striped Horse Fly9 observations
Similar horse fly9 observations