Portage

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.

Portage County

Total number of known species: 105

Total abundance of specimens in database: 1014

Places to visit: See our Searching for Dragonflies and Damselflies Tab

Species List known from county:

Species # Records Recent
Dragonhunter 2 2015
Rusty Snaketail 2 1999
Midland Clubtail 1 1900
Splendid Clubtail 3 2000
Arrow Clubtail 3 2001
Ashy Clubtail 6 2012
Lancet Clubtail 23 2017
Dusky Clubtail 4 1900
Rapids Clubtail 4 1999
Lilypad Clubtail 7 2017
Unicorn Clubtail 4 2017
Black-shouldered Spinyleg 4 1999
Eastern Least Clubtail 1 1999
Southern Pygmy Clubtail 4 2000
Harlequin Darner 3 2017
Springtime Darner 9 2015
Fawn Darner 19 1998
Comet Darner 1 2002
Common Green Darner 14 2017
Cyrano Darner 4 1999
Swamp Darner 5 2017
Spatterdock Darner 4 2000
Shadow Darner 9 2003
Lance-tipped Darner 4 2003
Black-tipped Darner 2 2002
Green-striped Darner 8 2017
Delta-spotted Spiketail 3 2012
Arrowhead Spiketail 3 2015
Twin-spotted Spiketail 1 1942
Swift River Cruiser 1 1900
Royal River Cruiser 2 1999
Prince Baskettail 11 1999
Common Baskettail 20 2004
Beaverpond Baskettail 1 1999
Mocha Emerald 3 2017
Clamp-tipped Emerald 1 1999
Brush-tipped Emerald 4 2000
American Emerald 7 2000
Racket-tailed Emerald 1 2006
Eastern Amberwing 22 2017
Halloween Pennant 13 2017
Calico Pennant 12 2016
Banded Pennant 6 1900
Chalk-fronted Corporal 4 1900
Widow Skimmer 26 2017
Spangled Skimmer 6 2017
Painted Skimmer 7 2015
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 10 2017
Four-spotted Skimmer 1 1942
Slaty Skimmer 29 2017
Great Blue Skimmer 2 2015
Common Whitetail 44 2017
White-faced Meadowhawk 5 2017
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk 1 1998
Ruby Meadowhawk 18 2017
Band-winged Meadowhawk 6 2017
Autumn Meadowhawk 26 2017
Dot-tailed Whiteface 17 2017
Frosted Whiteface 10 2012
Blue Dasher 58 2017
Eastern Pondhawk 54 2017
Spot-winged Glider 3 1999
Wandering Glider 2 1999
Black Saddlebags 8 2017
Carolina Saddlebags 1 1999
River Jewelwing 7 1900
Ebony Jewelwing 40 2017
American Rubyspot 4 2014
Great Spreadwing 1 2003
Elegant Spreadwing 6 2017
Amber-winged Spreadwing 3 1999
Spotted Spreadwing 7 2000
Sweetflag Spreadwing 4 2001
Northern Spreadwing 1 1999
Southern Spreadwing 2 2004
Slender Spreadwing 26 2017
Emerald Spreadwing 3 1999
Swamp Spreadwing 15 2000
Blue-fronted Dancer 17 2017
Violet Dancer 24 2017
Powdered Dancer 6 1999
Blue-ringed Dancer 3 1999
Blue-tipped Dancer 11 2017
Dusky Dancer 1 1996
Eastern Red Damsel 4 2015
Sphagnum Sprite 8 2015
Sedge Sprite 6 2010
Aurora Damsel 9 2013
Hagen’s Bluet 13 2003
Northern Bluet 1 1999
Skimming Bluet 23 2017
Orange Bluet 14 2017
Vesper Bluet 3 1999
Marsh Bluet 1 1926
Stream Bluet 12 2017
Rainbow Bluet 8 1997
Tule Bluet 9 2001
Familiar Bluet 7 2017
Double-striped Bluet 10 2017
Azure Bluet 11 2014
Westfall’s Slender Bluet 13 1999
Fragile Forktail 33 2017
Lilypad Forktail 1 2014
Eastern Forktail 47 2017
Citrine Forktail 1 2000

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 Geauga 2017
Gray Petaltail Cuyahoga 1999
Riffle Snaketail Geauga 1995
Plains Clubtail Stark 2017
Cobra Clubtail Stark 1988
Cobra Clubtail Mahoning 2011
Pronghorn Clubtail Stark 1980
Laura’s Clubtail Geauga 2014
Northern Pygmy Clubtail Stark 1934
Northern Pygmy Clubtail Cuyahoga 1973
Northern Pygmy Clubtail Geauga 2004
Taper-tailed Darner Cuyahoga 1960
Ocellated Darner Geauga 2010
Ocellated Darner Summit 1994
Ocellated Darner Cuyahoga 2017
Canada Darner Cuyahoga 1952
Tiger Spiketail Geauga 2007
Tiger Spiketail Summit 2013
Tiger Spiketail Cuyahoga 2009
Wabash River Cruiser Stark 2002
Slender Baskettail Trumbull 2002
Slender Baskettail Geauga 2005
Elfin Skimmer Summit 2013
Band-winged Dragonlet Cuyahoga 2007
Band-winged Dragonlet Geauga 2007
Variegated Meadowhawk Stark 1934
Blue-faced Meadowhawk Summit 2013
Red Saddlebags Summit 2016
Red Saddlebags Cuyahoga 1965
Red Saddlebags Geauga 1965
Red Saddlebags Trumbull 1996
Red Saddlebags Stark 1992
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Trumbull 1960
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Geauga 2010
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Cuyahoga 2003
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Summit 1937
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Stark 2011
Seepage Dancer Stark 2007
Taiga Bluet Trumbull 1976
Taiga Bluet Geauga 1993
Turquoise Bluet Geauga 2016
Turquoise Bluet Trumbull 1994
Turquoise Bluet Summit 2003
Turquoise Bluet Stark 2017
Boreal Bluet Geauga 1983
Boreal Bluet Summit 1995
Rambur’s Forktail Summit 2016