As I try to get everything up and running, I will attempt to publish species/abundance lists for each county. This is an example page as I get more of the scripts working and access to more databases. These numbers and abundances are from the Ohio Odonata Society Database (current up to 2017), but I hope to get more compiled databases together.
If you would like information for a different county up sooner rather than later, just email me and I will put that county higher up on the to-do list.
Ashland County
Total number of known species: 94
Total abundance of specimens in database: 897
Places to visit: See our Searching for Dragonflies and Damselflies Tab
Species List known from county:
Species | # Records | Recent |
Gray Petaltail | 3 | 1982 |
Dragonhunter | 2 | 1900 |
Rusty Snaketail | 7 | 2007 |
Spine-crowned Clubtail | 2 | 1937 |
Green-faced Clubtail | 11 | 1982 |
Midland Clubtail | 9 | 1958 |
Cobra Clubtail | 4 | 1965 |
Splendid Clubtail | 9 | 1964 |
Arrow Clubtail | 5 | 2007 |
Ashy Clubtail | 21 | 1984 |
Pronghorn Clubtail | 2 | 1948 |
Lancet Clubtail | 2 | 1961 |
Dusky Clubtail | 5 | 1951 |
Rapids Clubtail | 9 | 1966 |
Unicorn Clubtail | 9 | 1969 |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | 7 | 1982 |
Eastern Least Clubtail | 5 | 2013 |
Springtime Darner | 5 | 1987 |
Fawn Darner | 15 | 1987 |
Common Green Darner | 14 | 1969 |
Swamp Darner | 4 | 1965 |
Spatterdock Darner | 4 | 1958 |
Shadow Darner | 16 | 1968 |
Lance-tipped Darner | 25 | 1980 |
Green-striped Darner | 2 | 1950 |
Delta-spotted Spiketail | 2 | 1960 |
Tiger Spiketail | 3 | 1999 |
Arrowhead Spiketail | 1 | 1948 |
Twin-spotted Spiketail | 2 | 1970 |
Swift River Cruiser | 11 | 2007 |
Prince Baskettail | 8 | 2017 |
Common Baskettail | 21 | 1969 |
Mocha Emerald | 5 | 1950 |
Clamp-tipped Emerald | 2 | 1973 |
Eastern Amberwing | 14 | 2007 |
Halloween Pennant | 2 | 2006 |
Calico Pennant | 5 | 2013 |
Banded Pennant | 3 | 1950 |
Widow Skimmer | 17 | 2007 |
Painted Skimmer | 2 | 1959 |
Twelve-spotted Skimmer | 10 | 1969 |
Four-spotted Skimmer | 1 | 1948 |
Slaty Skimmer | 1 | 1947 |
Great Blue Skimmer | 8 | 1966 |
Common Whitetail | 8 | 2017 |
White-faced Meadowhawk | 4 | 1970 |
Ruby Meadowhawk | 27 | 1968 |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | 5 | 1973 |
Autumn Meadowhawk | 19 | 1967 |
Dot-tailed Whiteface | 7 | 1968 |
Blue Dasher | 16 | 2017 |
Eastern Pondhawk | 22 | 2017 |
Spot-winged Glider | 1 | 1960 |
Wandering Glider | 2 | 1961 |
Black Saddlebags | 5 | 2017 |
Red Saddlebags | 1 | 1956 |
Appalachian Jewelwing | 4 | 1900 |
Ebony Jewelwing | 17 | 2017 |
American Rubyspot | 31 | 1982 |
Great Spreadwing | 2 | 1962 |
Elegant Spreadwing | 5 | 1962 |
Amber-winged Spreadwing | 1 | 1982 |
Spotted Spreadwing | 14 | 1968 |
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing | 8 | 1969 |
Sweetflag Spreadwing | 16 | 1970 |
Northern Spreadwing | 1 | 1970 |
Southern Spreadwing | 17 | 1970 |
Slender Spreadwing | 38 | 1970 |
Emerald Spreadwing | 30 | 1970 |
Swamp Spreadwing | 2 | 1963 |
Blue-fronted Dancer | 26 | 2017 |
Violet Dancer | 12 | 1968 |
Powdered Dancer | 21 | 1982 |
Blue-ringed Dancer | 9 | 1966 |
Blue-tipped Dancer | 33 | 2017 |
Dusky Dancer | 13 | 1984 |
Eastern Red Damsel | 2 | 1953 |
Sedge Sprite | 6 | 1963 |
Aurora Damsel | 6 | 1943 |
Turquoise Bluet | 2 | 1965 |
Hagen’s Bluet | 5 | 1966 |
Skimming Bluet | 8 | 1968 |
Orange Bluet | 10 | 1964 |
Vesper Bluet | 4 | 1963 |
Marsh Bluet | 2 | 1948 |
Stream Bluet | 27 | 1982 |
Rainbow Bluet | 11 | 1970 |
Familiar Bluet | 21 | 2017 |
Double-striped Bluet | 20 | 2007 |
Azure Bluet | 9 | 1970 |
Westfall’s Slender Bluet | 4 | 1987 |
Fragile Forktail | 8 | 2007 |
Eastern Forktail | 16 | 2017 |
Citrine Forktail | 4 | 1961 |
Species found in surrounding counties, but yet to be reported: (possible county records to watch for)
in surrounding counties | ||
Species | County | Recent |
Riffle Snaketail | Wayne | 1993 |
Skillet Clubtail | Richland | 1899 |
Flag-tailed Spinyleg | Lorain | 1989 |
Flag-tailed Spinyleg | Richland | 2014 |
Ocellated Darner | Medina | 2012 |
Comet Darner | Wayne | 1987 |
Comet Darner | Medina | 2017 |
Comet Darner | Holmes | 2012 |
Comet Darner | Knox | 2012 |
Mottled Darner | Lorain | 1895 |
Black-tipped Darner | Medina | 2009 |
Black-tipped Darner | Richland | 2015 |
Royal River Cruiser | Lorain | 2015 |
Royal River Cruiser | Wayne | 2012 |
Royal River Cruiser | Richland | 2015 |
Stream Cruiser | Medina | 1982 |
Stygian Shadowdragon | Knox | 1987 |
Smoky Shadowdragon | Lorain | 1996 |
Band-winged Dragonlet | Lorain | 2014 |
Spangled Skimmer | Knox | 1898 |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | Knox | 1990 |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | Lorain | 2017 |
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk | Knox | 1957 |
Carolina Saddlebags | Huron | 1984 |
Carolina Saddlebags | Lorain | 2017 |
Carolina Saddlebags | Richland | 2015 |
Carolina Saddlebags | Holmes | 2017 |
Sphagnum Sprite | Wayne | 2017 |
Sphagnum Sprite | Knox | 1936 |
Tule Bluet | Medina | 1959 |
Tule Bluet | Wayne | 1912 |
Tule Bluet | Holmes | 1936 |
Tule Bluet | Richland | 2011 |
Lilypad Forktail | Richland | 2016 |