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 |