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.
Summit County
Total number of known species: 105
Total abundance of specimens in database: 2167
Places to visit: See our Searching for Dragonflies and Damselflies Tab
Species List known from county:
Species | # Records | Recent |
Gray Petaltail | 3 | 1995 |
Dragonhunter | 2 | 2016 |
Splendid Clubtail | 2 | 1961 |
Arrow Clubtail | 1 | 1897 |
Ashy Clubtail | 3 | 1994 |
Lancet Clubtail | 20 | 2017 |
Dusky Clubtail | 1 | 1900 |
Lilypad Clubtail | 2 | 2016 |
Unicorn Clubtail | 29 | 2017 |
Eastern Least Clubtail | 2 | 1996 |
Southern Pygmy Clubtail | 1 | 2007 |
Harlequin Darner | 3 | 2017 |
Springtime Darner | 12 | 2017 |
Fawn Darner | 43 | 2017 |
Ocellated Darner | 1 | 1994 |
Comet Darner | 6 | 2017 |
Common Green Darner | 74 | 2017 |
Swamp Darner | 5 | 2016 |
Spatterdock Darner | 24 | 2017 |
Shadow Darner | 18 | 2017 |
Lance-tipped Darner | 5 | 2017 |
Black-tipped Darner | 9 | 2012 |
Green-striped Darner | 7 | 2015 |
Delta-spotted Spiketail | 9 | 2013 |
Tiger Spiketail | 2 | 2013 |
Arrowhead Spiketail | 2 | 2015 |
Swift River Cruiser | 3 | 2016 |
Royal River Cruiser | 2 | 2013 |
Prince Baskettail | 16 | 2012 |
Common Baskettail | 17 | 2014 |
Beaverpond Baskettail | 1 | 2001 |
Mocha Emerald | 1 | 2004 |
Clamp-tipped Emerald | 1 | 2000 |
Brush-tipped Emerald | 1 | 2006 |
Racket-tailed Emerald | 14 | 2004 |
Elfin Skimmer | 6 | 2013 |
Eastern Amberwing | 93 | 2017 |
Halloween Pennant | 34 | 2017 |
Calico Pennant | 28 | 2017 |
Banded Pennant | 2 | 1898 |
Chalk-fronted Corporal | 2 | 2000 |
Widow Skimmer | 110 | 2017 |
Spangled Skimmer | 2 | 1999 |
Painted Skimmer | 12 | 2016 |
Twelve-spotted Skimmer | 61 | 2017 |
Four-spotted Skimmer | 1 | 1992 |
Slaty Skimmer | 56 | 2017 |
Great Blue Skimmer | 2 | 2012 |
Common Whitetail | 140 | 2017 |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | 1 | 2013 |
White-faced Meadowhawk | 4 | 2004 |
Ruby Meadowhawk | 19 | 2017 |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | 8 | 2017 |
Autumn Meadowhawk | 98 | 2017 |
Dot-tailed Whiteface | 40 | 2017 |
Frosted Whiteface | 1 | 2012 |
Blue Dasher | 165 | 2017 |
Eastern Pondhawk | 182 | 2017 |
Spot-winged Glider | 3 | 2011 |
Wandering Glider | 5 | 2011 |
Black Saddlebags | 23 | 2017 |
Red Saddlebags | 12 | 2016 |
Carolina Saddlebags | 14 | 2017 |
River Jewelwing | 1 | 1937 |
Ebony Jewelwing | 65 | 2017 |
American Rubyspot | 22 | 2017 |
Great Spreadwing | 5 | 2017 |
Elegant Spreadwing | 4 | 2013 |
Amber-winged Spreadwing | 51 | 2016 |
Spotted Spreadwing | 9 | 2017 |
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing | 1 | 1937 |
Sweetflag Spreadwing | 2 | 2002 |
Southern Spreadwing | 2 | 2004 |
Slender Spreadwing | 34 | 2017 |
Emerald Spreadwing | 2 | 1999 |
Swamp Spreadwing | 3 | 1995 |
Blue-fronted Dancer | 43 | 2017 |
Violet Dancer | 45 | 2017 |
Powdered Dancer | 14 | 2017 |
Blue-ringed Dancer | 3 | 2012 |
Blue-tipped Dancer | 11 | 2017 |
Dusky Dancer | 2 | 2017 |
Eastern Red Damsel | 13 | 2016 |
Sphagnum Sprite | 6 | 2013 |
Sedge Sprite | 2 | 1995 |
Aurora Damsel | 10 | 2015 |
Turquoise Bluet | 2 | 2003 |
Hagen’s Bluet | 6 | 2002 |
Boreal Bluet | 1 | 1995 |
Skimming Bluet | 18 | 2017 |
Orange Bluet | 16 | 2017 |
Vesper Bluet | 2 | 2001 |
Marsh Bluet | 4 | 2015 |
Stream Bluet | 5 | 2017 |
Rainbow Bluet | 1 | 2013 |
Tule Bluet | 2 | 1993 |
Familiar Bluet | 44 | 2017 |
Double-striped Bluet | 8 | 2016 |
Azure Bluet | 63 | 2017 |
Westfall’s Slender Bluet | 11 | 2016 |
Fragile Forktail | 52 | 2017 |
Lilypad Forktail | 1 | 2014 |
Rambur’s Forktail | 1 | 2016 |
Eastern Forktail | 108 | 2017 |
Citrine Forktail | 6 | 2013 |
Species found in surrounding counties, but yet to be reported: (possible county records to watch for)
Species | County | Recent |
Rusty Snaketail | Portage | 1999 |
Rusty Snaketail | Geauga | 1942 |
Rusty Snaketail | Medina | 1942 |
Riffle Snaketail | Geauga | 1995 |
Riffle Snaketail | Wayne | 1993 |
Midland Clubtail | Wayne | 1994 |
Midland Clubtail | Cuyahoga | 1995 |
Midland Clubtail | Medina | 1997 |
Midland Clubtail | Portage | 1900 |
Plains Clubtail | Stark | 2017 |
Cobra Clubtail | Stark | 1988 |
Pronghorn Clubtail | Stark | 1980 |
Rapids Clubtail | Portage | 1999 |
Rapids Clubtail | Geauga | 1985 |
Laura’s Clubtail | Geauga | 2014 |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | Portage | 1999 |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | Geauga | 1932 |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | Medina | 2005 |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | Stark | 2014 |
Northern Pygmy Clubtail | Stark | 1934 |
Northern Pygmy Clubtail | Cuyahoga | 1973 |
Northern Pygmy Clubtail | Geauga | 2004 |
Taper-tailed Darner | Cuyahoga | 1960 |
Cyrano Darner | Portage | 1999 |
Cyrano Darner | Geauga | 2005 |
Cyrano Darner | Cuyahoga | 2015 |
Canada Darner | Cuyahoga | 1952 |
Twin-spotted Spiketail | Geauga | 2011 |
Twin-spotted Spiketail | Portage | 1942 |
Twin-spotted Spiketail | Cuyahoga | 2017 |
Wabash River Cruiser | Stark | 2002 |
Stream Cruiser | Medina | 1982 |
Slender Baskettail | Geauga | 2005 |
American Emerald | Geauga | 1973 |
American Emerald | Portage | 2000 |
Band-winged Dragonlet | Cuyahoga | 2007 |
Band-winged Dragonlet | Geauga | 2007 |
Variegated Meadowhawk | Stark | 1934 |
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk | Portage | 1998 |
Northern Spreadwing | Cuyahoga | 1963 |
Northern Spreadwing | Geauga | 1975 |
Northern Spreadwing | Portage | 1999 |
Seepage Dancer | Stark | 2007 |
Taiga Bluet | Geauga | 1993 |
Northern Bluet | Geauga | 1980 |
Northern Bluet | Portage | 1999 |