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Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies

Hymenoptera · 230 species · 8 families

In Québec, the order Hymenoptera brings together 230 species of insects, in 8 families. The stars? Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Western Honey Bee and Tricolored Bumble Bee, the most often observed. The richest region: Montréal, with 124 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. Montréal124
  2. Montérégie111
  3. Capitale-Nationale106
  4. Outaouais103
  5. Estrie95
  6. Laurentides84
  7. Mauricie71
  8. Chaudière-Appalaches69
  9. Lanaudière62
  10. Bas-Saint-Laurent55
  11. Côte-Nord50
  12. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean49
  13. Abitibi-Témiscamingue45
  14. Laval41
  15. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine40
  16. Nord-du-Québec36
  17. Centre-du-Québec36

Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies 230

Hymenoptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Family
All230Apidae47Formicidae42Andrenidae36Vespidae35Megachilidae32Halictidae27Colletidae10Melittidae1
Common Eastern Bumble Bee5,542 observations
Western Honey Bee3,015 observations
Tricolored Bumble Bee2,255 observations
Two-spotted Bumble Bee1,485 observations
Bald-faced Hornet1,215 observations
Brown-belted Bumble Bee1,171 observations
Red-belted Bumble Bee1,122 observations
Northern Paper Wasp931 observations
European Paper Wasp789 observations
Northern Amber Bumble Bee743 observations
Yellow-banded Bumble Bee676 observations
German Yellowjacket529 observations
Common Aerial Yellowjacket513 observations
Perplexing Bumble Bee478 observations
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee478 observations
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant450 observations
Eastern Yellowjacket418 observations
Orange-legged Furrow Bee316 observations
Half-black Bumble Bee214 observations
Blackjacket211 observations
Dunning's Miner205 observations
New York Carpenter Ant196 observations
American Yellowjacket192 observations
European Woolcarder Bee192 observations
Ligated Furrow Bee181 observations
Fraternal Potter Wasp168 observations
European Hornet166 observations
Pure Green Sweat bee121 observations
Wilke's Mining Bee109 observations
Oblong Woolcarder Bee106 observations
Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble bee98 observations
Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee97 observations
Hercules Carpenter Ant88 observations
frigid bumble bee84 observations
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee84 observations
Eastern Thistle Longhorn Bee83 observations
Unarmed Leafcutter Bee83 observations
Sanderson's Bumble Bee82 observations
Golden Northern Bumble Bee80 observations
Parasitic Aerial Yellowjacket72 observations
Clark's Mining Bee71 observations
Downy Yellowjacket69 observations
European tube wasp69 observations
Bramble Mason Wasp67 observations
broad-handed leafcutter bee67 observations
Northern Aerial Yellowjacket66 observations
Widow Yellowjacket63 observations
Confusing Furrow Bee62 observations