Geauga

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.

Geauga County

Total number of species: 104

Total abundance of specimens in database: 1391

Species List known from county:

Species # Records Recent
Gray Petaltail 5 2017
Dragonhunter 3 2014
Rusty Snaketail 1 1942
Riffle Snaketail 11 1995
Ashy Clubtail 27 2014
Lancet Clubtail 29 2017
Dusky Clubtail 1 1994
Rapids Clubtail 1 1985
Lilypad Clubtail 8 2017
Unicorn Clubtail 14 1995
Laura’s Clubtail 3 2014
Black-shouldered Spinyleg 1 1932
Eastern Least Clubtail 14 2014
Northern Pygmy Clubtail 4 2004
Southern Pygmy Clubtail 7 2014
Harlequin Darner 19 2017
Springtime Darner 18 2017
Fawn Darner 27 2010
Ocellated Darner 9 2010
Common Green Darner 22 2017
Cyrano Darner 8 2005
Swamp Darner 6 2010
Spatterdock Darner 15 2008
Shadow Darner 10 1995
Lance-tipped Darner 20 2004
Black-tipped Darner 7 2009
Green-striped Darner 6 1979
Delta-spotted Spiketail 11 2017
Tiger Spiketail 3 2007
Arrowhead Spiketail 3 2017
Twin-spotted Spiketail 13 2011
Prince Baskettail 13 2006
Common Baskettail 42 2017
Slender Baskettail 1 2005
Beaverpond Baskettail 8 2015
Clamp-tipped Emerald 4 2014
American Emerald 2 1973
Racket-tailed Emerald 5 2016
Eastern Amberwing 17 2017
Halloween Pennant 23 2017
Calico Pennant 7 2017
Band-winged Dragonlet 2 2007
Widow Skimmer 44 2017
Painted Skimmer 9 2014
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 19 2017
Four-spotted Skimmer 2 1995
Slaty Skimmer 31 2017
Great Blue Skimmer 4 2011
Common Whitetail 31 2014
White-faced Meadowhawk 4 2014
Ruby Meadowhawk 44 2013
Band-winged Meadowhawk 12 2006
Autumn Meadowhawk 30 2014
Dot-tailed Whiteface 52 2017
Frosted Whiteface 4 1936
Blue Dasher 51 2017
Eastern Pondhawk 42 2017
Spot-winged Glider 6 2010
Wandering Glider 3 1974
Black Saddlebags 12 2017
Red Saddlebags 2 1965
Carolina Saddlebags 2 2014
River Jewelwing 14 2017
Ebony Jewelwing 37 2017
American Rubyspot 4 2017
Great Spreadwing 4 2017
Elegant Spreadwing 24 2017
Amber-winged Spreadwing 6 2011
Spotted Spreadwing 10 2017
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing 4 2010
Sweetflag Spreadwing 3 1975
Northern Spreadwing 1 1975
Southern Spreadwing 4 2003
Slender Spreadwing 33 2015
Emerald Spreadwing 8 2004
Swamp Spreadwing 18 2017
Blue-fronted Dancer 4 2015
Violet Dancer 37 2017
Powdered Dancer 2 2017
Blue-tipped Dancer 10 2017
Eastern Red Damsel 14 2017
Sphagnum Sprite 5 2001
Sedge Sprite 9 2016
Aurora Damsel 21 2017
Taiga Bluet 1 1993
Turquoise Bluet 8 2016
Hagen’s Bluet 7 2015
Boreal Bluet 3 1983
Northern Bluet 5 1980
Skimming Bluet 23 2017
Orange Bluet 11 2017
Vesper Bluet 11 2017
Marsh Bluet 6 2001
Stream Bluet 6 2006
Rainbow Bluet 10 2009
Tule Bluet 6 2014
Familiar Bluet 13 2017
Double-striped Bluet 9 2015
Azure Bluet 17 2017
Westfall’s Slender Bluet 9 2017
Fragile Forktail 49 2017
Lilypad Forktail 8 2017
Eastern Forktail 60 2017
Citrine Forktail 3 2017

Species found in surrounding counties, but yet to be reported: (possible county records to watch for)

Species County Recent
Green-faced Clubtail Lake 1995
Green-faced Clubtail Ashtabula 2004
Midland Clubtail Ashtabula 2002
Midland Clubtail Lake 2017
Midland Clubtail Cuyahoga 1995
Midland Clubtail Portage 1900
Cobra Clubtail Ashtabula 2004
Splendid Clubtail Summit 1961
Splendid Clubtail Lake 1997
Splendid Clubtail Ashtabula 2004
Splendid Clubtail Portage 2000
Russet-tipped Clubtail Lake 2009
Arrow Clubtail Summit 1897
Arrow Clubtail Ashtabula 1996
Arrow Clubtail Cuyahoga 1989
Arrow Clubtail Portage 2001
Arrow Clubtail Lake 2002
Flag-tailed Spinyleg Lake 1975
Taper-tailed Darner Cuyahoga 1960
Comet Darner Lake 2017
Comet Darner Ashtabula 2004
Comet Darner Portage 2002
Comet Darner Summit 2017
Canada Darner Cuyahoga 1952
Swift River Cruiser Lake 2016
Swift River Cruiser Ashtabula 2017
Swift River Cruiser Portage 1900
Swift River Cruiser Cuyahoga 2016
Swift River Cruiser Summit 2016
Royal River Cruiser Portage 1999
Royal River Cruiser Summit 2013
Stream Cruiser Lake 2017
Stream Cruiser Ashtabula 2003
Uhler’s Sundragon Lake 2002
Mocha Emerald Lake 2003
Mocha Emerald Portage 2017
Mocha Emerald Cuyahoga 2000
Mocha Emerald Ashtabula 2004
Mocha Emerald Summit 2004
Brush-tipped Emerald Portage 2000
Brush-tipped Emerald Ashtabula 2000
Brush-tipped Emerald Summit 2006
Elfin Skimmer Summit 2013
Banded Pennant Portage 1900
Banded Pennant Summit 1898
Chalk-fronted Corporal Portage 1900
Chalk-fronted Corporal Summit 2000
Chalk-fronted Corporal Ashtabula 2002
Golden-winged Skimmer Ashtabula 2017
Spangled Skimmer Summit 1999
Spangled Skimmer Portage 2017
Variegated Meadowhawk Ashtabula 2001
Variegated Meadowhawk Lake 2007
Blue-faced Meadowhawk Summit 2013
Blue-faced Meadowhawk Lake 2017
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk Portage 1998
Blue-ringed Dancer Lake 2017
Blue-ringed Dancer Cuyahoga 1973
Blue-ringed Dancer Portage 1999
Blue-ringed Dancer Ashtabula 2017
Blue-ringed Dancer Summit 2012
Dusky Dancer Lake 1997
Dusky Dancer Ashtabula 2017
Dusky Dancer Portage 1996
Dusky Dancer Summit 2017
Rambur’s Forktail Summit 2016