Kebnat

Temnostoma

5 species

In Québec, the genus Temnostoma (family Syrphidae) counts 5 species of insects. The stars? Wasp-like Falsehorn, Black-spotted Falsehorn and Yellow-haired Falsehorn, the most often observed. The richest region: Capitale-Nationale, 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. Capitale-Nationale4
  2. Côte-Nord4
  3. Mauricie3
  4. Montréal3
  5. Outaouais3
  6. Laurentides3
  7. Montérégie3
  8. Estrie2
  9. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  10. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  12. Centre-du-Québec2
  13. Bas-Saint-Laurent1
  14. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  15. Nord-du-Québec1
  16. Laval1
  17. Lanaudière1

Temnostoma 5

Diptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Syrphidae
All210Syrphidae130Tabanidae36Bombyliidae21Culicidae21Asilidae1Limoniidae1
Wasp-like Falsehorn69 observations
Black-spotted Falsehorn42 observations
Yellow-haired Falsehorn7 observations
Bare-bellied Falsehorn7 observations
Black-banded Falsehorn4 observations