Total number of known species: 74
Total abundance of specimens in database: 389
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Species List known from county:
Species | # Records | Recent |
Gray Petaltail | 1 | 2017 |
Common Sanddragon | 1 | 1975 |
Dragonhunter | 2 | 2017 |
Midland Clubtail | 2 | 1995 |
Arrow Clubtail | 1 | 1943 |
Ashy Clubtail | 2 | 1991 |
Lancet Clubtail | 12 | 2017 |
Rapids Clubtail | 1 | 1975 |
Unicorn Clubtail | 1 | 2005 |
Flag-tailed Spinyleg | 1 | 1953 |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | 1 | 1995 |
Northern Pygmy Clubtail | 1 | 1988 |
Springtime Darner | 1 | 1932 |
Fawn Darner | 14 | 1999 |
Comet Darner | 1 | 1987 |
Common Green Darner | 6 | 1992 |
Swamp Darner | 2 | 1991 |
Shadow Darner | 3 | 1995 |
Lance-tipped Darner | 1 | 1979 |
Black-tipped Darner | 1 | 1994 |
Tiger Spiketail | 1 | 2005 |
Arrowhead Spiketail | 3 | 2005 |
Royal River Cruiser | 4 | 2017 |
Stream Cruiser | 1 | 2005 |
Smoky Shadowdragon | 2 | 1990 |
Prince Baskettail | 3 | 2014 |
Common Baskettail | 7 | 2005 |
Clamp-tipped Emerald | 1 | 1993 |
Incurvate Emerald | 1 | 1996 |
Eastern Amberwing | 5 | 1999 |
Halloween Pennant | 5 | 2000 |
Calico Pennant | 12 | 2000 |
Banded Pennant | 4 | 2017 |
Blue Corporal | 6 | 2017 |
Widow Skimmer | 20 | 2017 |
Spangled Skimmer | 13 | 2017 |
Painted Skimmer | 2 | 1993 |
Twelve-spotted Skimmer | 6 | 2017 |
Slaty Skimmer | 2 | 1996 |
Great Blue Skimmer | 1 | 2012 |
Common Whitetail | 22 | 2017 |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | 1 | 1992 |
Ruby Meadowhawk | 14 | 2000 |
Autumn Meadowhawk | 13 | 2000 |
Blue Dasher | 17 | 2016 |
Eastern Pondhawk | 32 | 2017 |
Wandering Glider | 2 | 2016 |
Black Saddlebags | 2 | 2016 |
Ebony Jewelwing | 10 | 2017 |
American Rubyspot | 2 | 2003 |
Smoky Rubyspot | 2 | 2017 |
Great Spreadwing | 4 | 1998 |
Elegant Spreadwing | 1 | 2000 |
Amber-winged Spreadwing | 5 | 1995 |
Northern Spreadwing | 2 | 1996 |
Southern Spreadwing | 3 | 1993 |
Slender Spreadwing | 6 | 1998 |
Blue-fronted Dancer | 8 | 2017 |
Violet Dancer | 9 | 2017 |
Blue-ringed Dancer | 1 | 1937 |
Blue-tipped Dancer | 3 | 1996 |
Dusky Dancer | 2 | 1975 |
Eastern Red Damsel | 1 | 1993 |
Sphagnum Sprite | 1 | 1995 |
Skimming Bluet | 2 | 1992 |
Orange Bluet | 2 | 1991 |
Marsh Bluet | 2 | 1989 |
Stream Bluet | 5 | 2017 |
Familiar Bluet | 7 | 1992 |
Double-striped Bluet | 10 | 2017 |
Azure Bluet | 7 | 1998 |
Fragile Forktail | 15 | 2017 |
Eastern Forktail | 20 | 2017 |
Citrine Forktail | 2 | 1993 |
Species found in surrounding counties, but yet to be reported: (possible county records to watch for)
Species | County | Recent |
Green-faced Clubtail | Washington | 2002 |
Cobra Clubtail | Washington | 1996 |
Cobra Clubtail | Meigs | 1995 |
Elusive Clubtail | Washington | 2005 |
Elusive Clubtail | Meigs | 1996 |
Russet-tipped Clubtail | Washington | 2017 |
Pronghorn Clubtail | Hocking | 1936 |
Pronghorn Clubtail | Vinton | 1900 |
Laura’s Clubtail | Hocking | 2016 |
Eastern Least Clubtail | Washington | 1991 |
Eastern Least Clubtail | Hocking | 1996 |
Harlequin Darner | Hocking | 1936 |
Ocellated Darner | Hocking | 1996 |
Green-striped Darner | Vinton | 1996 |
Green-striped Darner | Washington | 1994 |
Twin-spotted Spiketail | Hocking | 1997 |
Twin-spotted Spiketail | Morgan | 1993 |
Twin-spotted Spiketail | Washington | 1995 |
Twin-spotted Spiketail | Vinton | 1994 |
Swift River Cruiser | Morgan | 1988 |
Swift River Cruiser | Hocking | 1996 |
Swift River Cruiser | Vinton | 1972 |
Swift River Cruiser | Washington | 2017 |
Swift River Cruiser | Meigs | 1996 |
Allegheny River Cruiser | Vinton | 1996 |
Allegheny River Cruiser | Hocking | 1996 |
Allegheny River Cruiser | Washington | 2003 |
Wabash River Cruiser | Morgan | 1982 |
Gilded River Cruiser | Morgan | 1995 |
Umber Shadowdragon | Washington | 1988 |
Umber Shadowdragon | Morgan | 1988 |
Stygian Shadowdragon | Morgan | 1989 |
Stygian Shadowdragon | Meigs | 1996 |
Stygian Shadowdragon | Washington | 1996 |
Uhler’s Sundragon | Hocking | 2017 |
Uhler’s Sundragon | Washington | 2004 |
Mocha Emerald | Hocking | 1996 |
Mocha Emerald | Meigs | 1989 |
Mocha Emerald | Vinton | 1996 |
Little Blue Dragonlet | Vinton | 1933 |
White-faced Meadowhawk | Vinton | 1934 |
White-faced Meadowhawk | Hocking | 2017 |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | Vinton | 1996 |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | Morgan | 1994 |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | Hocking | 1995 |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | Washington | 2002 |
Dot-tailed Whiteface | Morgan | 2017 |
Dot-tailed Whiteface | Vinton | 1993 |
Dot-tailed Whiteface | Perry | 1993 |
Spot-winged Glider | Meigs | 1994 |
Spot-winged Glider | Hocking | 1994 |
Spot-winged Glider | Washington | 1994 |
Carolina Saddlebags | Meigs | 2002 |
Carolina Saddlebags | Vinton | 1995 |
Carolina Saddlebags | Hocking | 1959 |
Sweetflag Spreadwing | Hocking | 1937 |
Swamp Spreadwing | Vinton | 1997 |
Powdered Dancer | Hocking | 1995 |
Powdered Dancer | Washington | 2017 |
Powdered Dancer | Vinton | 1996 |
Powdered Dancer | Morgan | 2003 |
Sedge Sprite | Vinton | 1972 |
Sedge Sprite | Perry | 2017 |
Aurora Damsel | Hocking | 2017 |
Aurora Damsel | Morgan | 1991 |
Aurora Damsel | Perry | 1993 |
Aurora Damsel | Vinton | 1997 |
Turquoise Bluet | Washington | 1992 |
Turquoise Bluet | Perry | 1960 |
Turquoise Bluet | Hocking | 1969 |
Turquoise Bluet | Vinton | 1934 |
Vesper Bluet | Vinton | 1996 |
Rainbow Bluet | Perry | 1960 |
Westfall’s Slender Bluet | Vinton | 1996 |
Westfall’s Slender Bluet | Hocking | 1961 |
Westfall’s Slender Bluet | Morgan | 1994 |
Westfall’s Slender Bluet | Perry | 1961 |
Furtive Forktail | Hocking | 1930 |
Lilypad Forktail | Morgan | 2017 |