Medina

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.

Medina County

Total number of known species: 78

Total abundance of specimens in database: 727

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Species List known from county:

Species # Records Recent
Dragonhunter 1 2005
Rusty Snaketail 1 1942
Midland Clubtail 1 1997
Arrow Clubtail 1 2005
Ashy Clubtail 5 1992
Lancet Clubtail 7 2017
Dusky Clubtail 1 2001
Unicorn Clubtail 3 2017
Black-shouldered Spinyleg 1 2005
Eastern Least Clubtail 2 2016
Springtime Darner 2 1992
Fawn Darner 20 2017
Ocellated Darner 1 2012
Comet Darner 2 2017
Common Green Darner 20 2017
Swamp Darner 1 1996
Shadow Darner 5 2017
Lance-tipped Darner 3 2017
Black-tipped Darner 1 2009
Green-striped Darner 2 1981
Delta-spotted Spiketail 1 1942
Tiger Spiketail 2 2010
Arrowhead Spiketail 2 1899
Swift River Cruiser 1 1961
Stream Cruiser 2 1982
Prince Baskettail 12 2017
Common Baskettail 4 1997
Mocha Emerald 1 2017
Clamp-tipped Emerald 1 2005
Eastern Amberwing 34 2017
Halloween Pennant 22 2017
Calico Pennant 26 2017
Widow Skimmer 45 2017
Painted Skimmer 1 2014
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 13 2017
Slaty Skimmer 5 2017
Great Blue Skimmer 1 2005
Common Whitetail 28 2017
White-faced Meadowhawk 1 2013
Ruby Meadowhawk 13 2017
Band-winged Meadowhawk 4 2015
Autumn Meadowhawk 35 2017
Dot-tailed Whiteface 8 2017
Blue Dasher 43 2017
Eastern Pondhawk 58 2017
Spot-winged Glider 1 2017
Black Saddlebags 18 2017
Red Saddlebags 1 2017
Ebony Jewelwing 25 2017
American Rubyspot 1 1959
Great Spreadwing 1 2005
Elegant Spreadwing 2 2017
Amber-winged Spreadwing 1 2003
Spotted Spreadwing 8 2017
Sweetflag Spreadwing 2 1997
Slender Spreadwing 18 2017
Emerald Spreadwing 6 2017
Swamp Spreadwing 3 2009
Blue-fronted Dancer 5 2017
Violet Dancer 22 2017
Powdered Dancer 3 2017
Blue-ringed Dancer 2 2017
Blue-tipped Dancer 6 2017
Eastern Red Damsel 1 1997
Aurora Damsel 1 1960
Hagen’s Bluet 1 1942
Skimming Bluet 15 2017
Orange Bluet 6 2017
Vesper Bluet 2 2017
Stream Bluet 9 2017
Rainbow Bluet 3 2017
Tule Bluet 1 1959
Familiar Bluet 9 2017
Double-striped Bluet 18 2017
Azure Bluet 16 2017
Westfall’s Slender Bluet 5 2015
Fragile Forktail 20 2017
Eastern Forktail 52 2017

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

Species County Recent
Gray Petaltail Summit 1995
Gray Petaltail Ashland 1982
Gray Petaltail Cuyahoga 1999
Gray Petaltail Lorain 2006
Riffle Snaketail Wayne 1993
Spine-crowned Clubtail Ashland 1937
Green-faced Clubtail Ashland 1982
Cobra Clubtail Lorain 1989
Cobra Clubtail Ashland 1965
Splendid Clubtail Ashland 1964
Splendid Clubtail Summit 1961
Pronghorn Clubtail Ashland 1948
Rapids Clubtail Ashland 1966
Lilypad Clubtail Summit 2016
Lilypad Clubtail Cuyahoga 2015
Flag-tailed Spinyleg Lorain 1989
Northern Pygmy Clubtail Cuyahoga 1973
Southern Pygmy Clubtail Summit 2007
Taper-tailed Darner Cuyahoga 1960
Harlequin Darner Summit 2017
Cyrano Darner Cuyahoga 2015
Spatterdock Darner Wayne 1999
Spatterdock Darner Ashland 1958
Spatterdock Darner Summit 2017
Spatterdock Darner Cuyahoga 2017
Mottled Darner Lorain 1895
Canada Darner Cuyahoga 1952
Twin-spotted Spiketail Ashland 1970
Twin-spotted Spiketail Cuyahoga 2017
Royal River Cruiser Lorain 2015
Royal River Cruiser Summit 2013
Royal River Cruiser Wayne 2012
Smoky Shadowdragon Lorain 1996
Beaverpond Baskettail Cuyahoga 1995
Beaverpond Baskettail Summit 2001
Brush-tipped Emerald Summit 2006
Racket-tailed Emerald Summit 2004
Elfin Skimmer Summit 2013
Banded Pennant Summit 1898
Banded Pennant Ashland 1950
Band-winged Dragonlet Cuyahoga 2007
Band-winged Dragonlet Lorain 2014
Chalk-fronted Corporal Summit 2000
Spangled Skimmer Summit 1999
Four-spotted Skimmer Summit 1992
Four-spotted Skimmer Ashland 1948
Blue-faced Meadowhawk Summit 2013
Blue-faced Meadowhawk Lorain 2017
Frosted Whiteface Summit 2012
Wandering Glider Cuyahoga 2017
Wandering Glider Ashland 1961
Wandering Glider Summit 2011
Wandering Glider Lorain 2002
Wandering Glider Wayne 2017
Carolina Saddlebags Cuyahoga 1998
Carolina Saddlebags Lorain 2017
Carolina Saddlebags Summit 2017
Appalachian Jewelwing Ashland 1900
River Jewelwing Summit 1937
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Lorain 1942
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Ashland 1969
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Cuyahoga 2003
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Summit 1937
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Wayne 1938
Northern Spreadwing Cuyahoga 1963
Northern Spreadwing Ashland 1970
Southern Spreadwing Ashland 1970
Southern Spreadwing Wayne 1969
Southern Spreadwing Cuyahoga 2001
Southern Spreadwing Summit 2004
Southern Spreadwing Lorain 2004
Dusky Dancer Ashland 1984
Dusky Dancer Lorain 1987
Dusky Dancer Summit 2017
Sphagnum Sprite Summit 2013
Sphagnum Sprite Wayne 2017
Sedge Sprite Summit 1995
Sedge Sprite Wayne 1992
Sedge Sprite Ashland 1963
Sedge Sprite Cuyahoga 1942
Turquoise Bluet Ashland 1965
Turquoise Bluet Summit 2003
Boreal Bluet Summit 1995
Marsh Bluet Wayne 1991
Marsh Bluet Summit 2015
Marsh Bluet Ashland 1948
Lilypad Forktail Summit 2014
Rambur’s Forktail Summit 2016
Citrine Forktail Lorain 1959
Citrine Forktail Ashland 1961
Citrine Forktail Wayne 1960
Citrine Forktail Summit 2013