List of INSECTA species in Canada
This is a list of INSECTA in Canada according to the IUCN Red List.
This list was last updated 2019-09-14
This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.
Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.
| scientific_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somatochlora forcipata | Forcipate Emerald | 50978822 | LC |
| Somatochlora kennedyi | Kennedy's Emerald | 50978866 | LC |
| Somatochlora linearis | Mocha Emerald | 50978870 | LC |
| Somatochlora minor | Ocellated Emerald | 50978881 | LC |
| Epitheca cynosura | Common Baskettail | 50970697 | LC |
| Somatochlora semicircularis | Mountain Emerald | 50978895 | LC |
| Somatochlora septentrionalis | Muskeg Emerald | 50978905 | LC |
| Enallagma clausum | Alkali Bluet | 51355757 | LC |
| Somatochlora tenebrosa | Clamp-tipped Emerald | 50978929 | LC |
| Somatochlora walshii | Brush-tipped Emerald | 50978937 | LC |
| Somatochlora whitehousei | Whitehouse's Emerald | 50978945 | LC |
| Bombus kirbiellus | 88088737 | DD | |
| Epitheca princeps | Prince Baskettail | 50970816 | LC |
| Nehalennia irene | Sedge Sprite | 51364147 | LC |
| Coenagrion angulatum | Prairie Bluet | 51339713 | LC |
| Formicoxenus provancheri | 8658 | VU | |
| Formicoxenus quebecensis | 8659 | VU | |
| Lestes australis | Southern Spreadwing | 51364319 | LC |
| Lestes congener | Spotted Spreadwing | 51364323 | LC |
| Lestes disjunctus | Northern Spreadwing | 51364327 | LC |
| Lestes eurinus | Amber-winged Spreadwing | 51364333 | LC |
| Lestes forcipatus | Sweetflag Spreadwing | 51364337 | LC |
| Lestes inaequalis | Elegant Spreadwing | 51364348 | LC |
| Lestes rectangularis | Slender Spreadwing | 51364361 | LC |
| Lestes unguiculatus | Lyre-tipped Spreadwing | 51364399 | LC |
| Lestes vigilax | Swamp Spreadwing | 51364434 | LC |
| Bombus natvigi | High Arctic Bumble Bee | 88089236 | DD |
| Ladona exusta | White Corporal | 51274526 | LC |
| Ladona julia | Chalk-fronted Corporal | 51274589 | LC |
| Leucorrhinia borealis | Boreal Whiteface | 51274672 | LC |
| Leucorrhinia hudsonica | Hudsonian Whiteface | 51274686 | LC |
| Leucorrhinia intacta | Dot-tailed Whiteface | 51274744 | LC |
| Stylurus plagiatus | Russet-tipped Clubtail | 164921 | LC |
| Octogomphus specularis | Grappletail | 164922 | LC |
| Enallagma traviatum | Slender Bluet | 164925 | LC |
| Sympetrum madidum | Red-veined Meadowhawk | 164930 | LC |
| Enallagma minusculum | Little Bluet | 164932 | LC |
| Stylurus scudderi | Zebra Clubtail | 164933 | LC |
| Boyeria grafiana | Ocellated Darner | 164939 | LC |
| Somatochlora franklini | Delicate Emerald | 164940 | LC |
| Phanogomphus exilis | Lancet Clubtail | 164943 | LC |
| Aeshna palmata | Paddle-tailed Darner | 164945 | LC |
| Neurocordulia obsoleta | Umber Shadowdragon | 164947 | LC |
| Anax longipes | Comet Darner | 164953 | LC |
| Ophiogomphus occidentis | Sinuous Snaketail | 164955 | LC |
| Coenagrion resolutum | Taiga Bluet | 164966 | LC |
| Ophiogomphus aspersus | Brook Snaketail | 164968 | LC |
| Celithemis elisa | Calico Pennant | 164975 | LC |
| Sympetrum internum | Cherry-faced Meadowhawk | 164978 | LC |
| Argia tibialis | Blue-tipped Dancer | 164981 | LC |
| Leucorrhinia patricia | Canada Whiteface | 51274871 | LC |
| Nasiaeschna pentacantha | Cyrano Darner | 164988 | LC |
| Argia apicalis | Blue-fronted Dancer | 164989 | LC |
| Leucorrhinia glacialis | Crimson-ringed Whiteface | 164993 | LC |
| Leucorrhinia proxima | Belted Whiteface | 51274882 | LC |
| Helocordulia uhleri | Uhler's Sundragon | 164995 | LC |
| Nehalennia gracilis | Sphagnum Sprite | 164994 | LC |
| Amphiagrion saucium | Eastern Red Damsel | 164998 | LC |
| Argia emma | Emma's Dancer | 51332230 | LC |
| Ischnura perparva | Western Forktail | 165003 | LC |
| Calopteryx aequabilis | River Jewelwing | 165005 | LC |
| Sympetrum ambiguum | Blue-faced Meadowhawk | 165006 | LC |
| Argia fumipennis | Variable Dancer | 51332246 | LC |
| Aeshna clepsydra | Mottled Darner | 165016 | LC |
| Tetragoneuria canis | Beaverpond Baskettail | 165019 | LC |
| Hagenius brevistylus | Dragonhunter | 165029 | LC |
| Gomphaeschna furcillata | Harlequin Darner | 165037 | LC |
| Argia moesta | Powdered Dancer | 165038 | LC |
| Celithemis martha | Martha's Pennant | 165043 | LC |
| Stylurus amnicola | Riverine Clubtail | 165048 | LC |
| Aeshna umbrosa | Shadow Darner | 165055 | LC |
| Hylogomphus abbreviatus | Spine-crowned Clubtail | 165056 | LC |
| Ophiogomphus colubrinus | Boreal Snaketail | 165062 | LC |
| Enallagma ebrium | Marsh Bluet | 165063 | LC |
| Libellula luctuosa | Widow Skimmer | 165064 | LC |
| Somatochlora cingulata | Lake Emerald | 165065 | LC |
| Stylurus spiniceps | Arrow Clubtail | 165068 | LC |
| Cordulegaster obliqua | Arrowhead Spiketail | 165072 | LC |
| Aeshna canadensis | Canada Darner | 165074 | LC |
| Enallagma carunculatum | Tule Bluet | 165079 | LC |
| Dromogomphus spinosus | Black-shouldered Spinyleg | 165089 | LC |
| Somatochlora hudsonica | Hudsonian Emerald | 165088 | LC |
| Enallagma exsulans | Stream Bluet | 165092 | LC |
| Leucorrhinia frigida | Frosted Whiteface | 165100 | LC |
| Sympetrum illotum | Cardinal Meadowhawk | 165101 | LC |
| Argia sedula | Blue-ringed Dancer | 51332337 | LC |
| Argia vivida | Vivid Dancer | 51332354 | LC |
| Enallagma geminatum | Skimming Bluet | 51356945 | LC |
| Enallagma hageni | Hagen's Bluet | 51357009 | LC |
| Sympetrum costiferum | Saffron-winged Meadowhawk | 51291504 | LC |
| Chromagrion conditum | Aurora Damsel | 51332574 | LC |
| Harpagoxenus canadensis | 9731 | VU | |
| Oarisma powesheik | Powesheik Skipperling | 122914337 | CR |
| Sympetrum obtrusum | White-faced Meadowhawk | 51291811 | LC |
| Sympetrum pallipes | Striped Meadowhawk | 51291855 | LC |
| Libellula forensis | Eight-spotted Skimmer | 51275487 | LC |
| Somatochlora williamsoni | Williamson's Emerald | 50980574 | LC |
| Hesperia dacotae | Dakota Skipper | 9968 | EN |
| Sympetrum rubicundulum | Ruby Meadowhawk | 51291893 | LC |
| Coenagrion interrogatum | Subarctic Bluet | 51341145 | LC |
| Enallagma signatum | Orange Bluet | 51357677 | LC |
| Sympetrum semicinctum | Band-winged Meadowhawk | 51292224 | LC |
| Sympetrum vicinum | Autumn Meadowhawk | 51292295 | LC |
| Enallagma vernale | Vernal Bluet | 51357987 | LC |
| Enallagma vesperum | Vesper Bluet | 51357991 | LC |
| Neurocordulia michaeli | Broad-tailed Shadowdragon | 59750 | LC |
| Libellula incesta | Slaty Skimmer | 51276332 | LC |
| Libellula pulchella | Twelve-spotted Skimmer | 51276380 | LC |
| Libellula semifasciata | Painted Skimmer | 51276410 | LC |
| Libellula vibrans | Great Blue Skimmer | 51276429 | LC |
| Enallagma anna | River Bluet | 51342071 | LC |
| Enallagma annexum | Northern Bluet | 51342193 | LC |
| Somatochlora sahlbergi | Treeline Emerald | 60310 | LC |
| Williamsonia fletcheri | Ebony Boghaunter | 51178520 | LC |
| Arigomphus cornutus | Horned Clubtail | 51178530 | LC |
| Arigomphus furcifer | Lilypad Clubtail | 51178538 | LC |
| Enallagma antennatum | Rainbow Bluet | 51342379 | LC |
| Arigomphus villosipes | Unicorn Clubtail | 51178639 | LC |
| Dromogomphus spoliatus | Flag-tailed Spinyleg | 51178659 | LC |
| Bombus auricomus | Black and Gold Bumble bee | 44936424 | LC |
| Tanypteryx hageni | Black Petaltail | 51293508 | LC |
| Hylogomphus adelphus | Mustached Clubtail | 51178871 | LC |
| Phanogomphus borealis | Beaverpond Clubtail | 51178891 | LC |
| Phanogomphus descriptus | Harpoon Clubtail | 51178910 | LC |
| Gomphurus externus | Plains Clubtail | 51178920 | LC |
| Gomphurus fraternus | Midland Clubtail | 51178928 | LC |
| Phanogomphus graslinellus | Pronghorn Clubtail | 51178953 | LC |
| Phanogomphus lividus | Ashy Clubtail | 51178979 | LC |
| Leptothorax faberi | 11761 | VU | |
| Calopteryx amata | Superb Jewelwing | 51293762 | LC |
| Phanogomphus quadricolor | Rapids Clubtail | 51179112 | LC |
| Calopteryx maculata | Ebony Jewelwing | 51293854 | LC |
| Phanogomphus spicatus | Dusky Clubtail | 51179172 | LC |
| Gomphurus vastus | Cobra Clubtail | 51179177 | LC |
| Gomphurus ventricosus | Skillet Clubtail | 51179182 | LC |
| Hylogomphus viridifrons | Green-faced Clubtail | 51179191 | LC |
| Lanthus parvulus | Northern Pygmy Clubtail | 51179217 | LC |
| Lanthus vernalis | Southern Pygmy Clubtail | 51179226 | LC |
| Melanoplus spretus | Rocky Mountain Locust | 51269349 | EX |
| Hetaerina americana | American Rubyspot | 51293948 | LC |
| Ophiogomphus carolus | Riffle Snaketail | 51179334 | LC |
| Ophiogomphus mainensis | Maine Snaketail | 51179357 | LC |
| Somatochlora brevicincta | Quebec Emerald | 20340 | LC |
| Somatochlora hineana | Hine's Emerald | 20342 | LC |
| Somatochlora incurvata | Incurvate Emerald | 20343 | LC |
| Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis | Rusty Snaketail | 51179439 | LC |
| Ophiogomphus severus | Pale Snaketail | 51179458 | LC |
| Bombus neoboreus | Active bumble bee | 44937195 | DD |
| Bombus affinis | Rusty Patched Bumble Bee | 44937399 | CR |
| Bombus occidentalis | Western Bumble Bee | 44937492 | VU |
| Bombus terricola | Yellow-banded Bumblebee | 44937505 | VU |
| Magicicada septendecim | Decim Periodical Cicada | 12691 | LR/nt |
| Bombus griseocollis | Brown-belted Bumblebee | 44937645 | LC |
| Bombus morrisoni | Morrison Bumble Bee | 44937666 | VU |
| Bombus citrinus | Lemon Cuckoo Bumblebee | 44937676 | LC |
| Bombus insularis | Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee | 44937688 | LC |
| Bombus suckleyi | Suckley Cuckoo Bumble Bee | 44937699 | CR |
| Bombus bifarius | Two Form Bumble Bee | 44937707 | LC |
| Amphiagrion abbreviatum | Western Red Damsel | 51302894 | LC |
| Bombus bimaculatus | Two-spotted Bumblebee | 44937719 | LC |
| Bombus caliginosus | Obscure Bumble Bee | 44937726 | VU |
| Bombus centralis | Central Bumble Bee | 44937777 | LC |
| Bombus flavifrons | Yellow Head Bumble Bee | 44937784 | LC |
| Bombus frigidus | Frigid Bumble Bee | 44937790 | LC |
| Bombus impatiens | Common Eastern Bumblebee | 44937797 | LC |
| Bombus melanopygus | Black Tail Bumble Bee | 44937809 | LC |
| Bombus mixtus | Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee | 44937898 | LC |
| Bombus perplexus | Confusing Bumblebee | 44937925 | LC |
| Bombus sandersoni | Sanderson Bumble Bee | 44937931 | LC |
| Bombus sitkensis | Sitka bumble bee | 44937938 | LC |
| Bombus sylvicola | Forest Bumble Bee | 44937945 | LC |
| Cicindela marginipennis | Cobblestone Tiger Beetle | 4851 | VU |
| Bombus ternarius | 44937988 | LC | |
| Aeshna constricta | Lance-tipped Darner | 50959122 | LC |
| Aeshna eremita | Lake Darner | 50959126 | LC |
| Aeshna interrupta | Variable Darner | 50959132 | LC |
| Aeshna septentrionalis | Azure Darner | 50959142 | LC |
| Bombus vagans | Half-black Bumblebee | 44938024 | LC |
| Aeshna sitchensis | Zigzag Darner | 50959145 | LC |
| Tachysphex pechumani | Antennal-waving Wasp | 21310 | LR/nt |
| Bombus vandykei | Van Dyke Bumble Bee | 44938052 | LC |
| Aeshna tuberculifera | Black-tipped Darner | 50959214 | LC |
| Aeshna verticalis | Green-striped Darner | 50959222 | LC |
| Rhionaeschna californica | California Darner | 50967530 | LC |
| Bombus vosnesenskii | Vosnesensky Bumble Bee | 44938235 | LC |
| Rhionaeschna multicolor | Blue-eyed Darner | 50967597 | LC |
| Rhionaeschna mutata | Spatterdock Darner | 50967632 | LC |
| Bombus appositus | White Shouldered Bumble Bee | 44938356 | LC |
| Bombus borealis | Northern Amber Bumble Bee | 44938377 | LC |
| Cordulegaster diastatops | Delta-spotted Spiketail | 50967776 | LC |
| Nannothemis bella | Elfin Skimmer | 51279324 | LC |
| Ischnura cervula | Pacific Forktail | 51361508 | LC |
| Ischnura damula | Plains Forktail | 51361532 | LC |
| Ischnura erratica | Swift Forktail | 51361572 | LC |
| Oecanthus exclamationis | Davis's Tree Cricket | 107435877 | LC |
| Ischnura kellicotti | Lilypad Forktail | 51361680 | LC |
| Myrmica lampra | 14233 | VU | |
| Bombus fervidus | Yellow Bumblebee | 21215132 | VU |
| Myrmica quebecensis | 14236 | VU | |
| Bombus huntii | Hunt Bumble Bee | 21215139 | LC |
| Bombus rufocinctus | Red-belted Bumble Bee | 21215145 | LC |
| Bombus nevadensis | Nevada Bumble Bee | 21215146 | LC |
| Ischnura verticalis | Eastern Forktail | 51361720 | LC |
| Bombus variabilis | Variable Cuckoo Bumblebee | 21215168 | CR |
| Bombus pensylvanicus | American Bumblebee | 21215172 | VU |
| Perithemis tenera | Eastern Amberwing | 51279851 | LC |
| Boyeria vinosa | Fawn Darner | 50960672 | LC |
| Plathemis lydia | Common Whitetail | 51280160 | LC |
| Cordulegaster dorsalis | Pacific Spiketail | 50968962 | LC |
| Cordulegaster erronea | Tiger Spiketail | 50968975 | LC |
| Nicrophorus americanus | American Burying Beetle | 14760 | CR |
| Cordulegaster maculata | Twin-spotted Spiketail | 50969002 | LC |
| Progomphus obscurus | Common Sanddragon | 51272340 | LC |
| Doronomyrmex pocahontas | 6811 | VU | |
| Stylogomphus albistylus | Eastern Least Clubtail | 51272366 | LC |
| Stylurus intricatus | Brimstone Clubtail | 51272433 | LC |
| Cordulia shurtleffii | American Emerald | 50969369 | LC |
| Stylurus laurae | Laura's Clubtail | 51272472 | LC |
| Stylurus notatus | Elusive Clubtail | 51272520 | LC |
| Basiaeschna janata | Springtime Darner | 48790397 | LC |
| Stylurus olivaceus | Olive Clubtail | 51272610 | LC |
| Ophiogomphus anomalus | Extra-striped Snaketail | 15363 | LC |
| Ophiogomphus howei | Pygmy Snaketail | 15366 | LC |
| Epiaeschna heros | Swamp Darner | 48790596 | LC |
| Celithemis fasciata | Banded Pennant | 51273061 | LC |
| Didymops transversa | Stream Cruiser | 50969974 | LC |
| Bombus polaris | Polar Bumble Bee | 88120725 | DD |
| Enallagma aspersum | Azure Bluet | 51355082 | LC |
| Dorocordulia lepida | Petite Emerald | 50970062 | LC |
| Dorocordulia libera | Racket-tailed Emerald | 50970083 | LC |
| Erythemis collocata | Western Pondhawk | 51273218 | LC |
| Enallagma basidens | Double-striped Bluet | 51355210 | LC |
| Epitheca canis | Beaverpond Baskettail | 50970197 | LC |
| Enallagma boreale | Boreal Bluet | 51355269 | LC |
| Epitheca semiaquea | Mantled Baskettail | 50978637 | LC |
| Epitheca spinigera | Spiny Baskettail | 50978657 | LC |
| Macromia illinoiensis | Swift River Cruiser | 50978710 | LC |
| Macromia magnifica | Western River Cruiser | 50978719 | LC |
| Macromia taeniolata | Royal River Cruiser | 50978730 | LC |
| Neurocordulia yamaskanensis | Stygian Shadowdragon | 50978767 | LC |
| Somatochlora albicincta | Ringed Emerald | 50978779 | LC |
| Somatochlora elongata | Ski-tipped Emerald | 50978798 | LC |
| Somatochlora ensigera | Plains Emerald | 50978806 | LC |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: