-Plenty of work left to be done here! You are likely to find several county records given persistence.
Total number of known species: 45
Total abundance of specimens in database: 188
Places to visit: Allentown Low Head Dam, Lima Parks, Woodlawn Cemetery, Schoonover Park, See our Searching for Dragonflies and Damselflies Tab
Species List known from county:
Species | # Records | Recent |
Midland Clubtail | 1 | 1944 |
Pronghorn Clubtail | 1 | 1950 |
Flag-tailed Spinyleg | 2 | 1997 |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | 1 | 1967 |
Fawn Darner | 3 | 1985 |
Common Green Darner | 7 | 2017 |
Swamp Darner | 1 | 2017 |
Shadow Darner | 1 | 1991 |
Swift River Cruiser | 1 | 2017 |
Prince Baskettail | 4 | 2017 |
Eastern Amberwing | 9 | 2017 |
Halloween Pennant | 2 | 2017 |
Calico Pennant | 1 | 1997 |
Widow Skimmer | 12 | 2017 |
Twelve-spotted Skimmer | 4 | 2015 |
Slaty Skimmer | 2 | 2017 |
Common Whitetail | 27 | 2015 |
Ruby Meadowhawk | 3 | 1958 |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | 1 | 1959 |
Autumn Meadowhawk | 3 | 2017 |
Blue Dasher | 8 | 2017 |
Eastern Pondhawk | 9 | 2017 |
Wandering Glider | 1 | 2016 |
Black Saddlebags | 2 | 2015 |
Carolina Saddlebags | 1 | 1988 |
Ebony Jewelwing | 2 | 2015 |
American Rubyspot | 5 | 2017 |
Sweetflag Spreadwing | 1 | 1960 |
Slender Spreadwing | 1 | 1961 |
Blue-fronted Dancer | 7 | 2017 |
Violet Dancer | 4 | 2017 |
Powdered Dancer | 3 | 2017 |
Blue-ringed Dancer | 3 | 2017 |
Blue-tipped Dancer | 3 | 2016 |
Dusky Dancer | 1 | 2017 |
Skimming Bluet | 3 | 2017 |
Orange Bluet | 4 | 2017 |
Vesper Bluet | 1 | 2017 |
Stream Bluet | 4 | 2017 |
Rainbow Bluet | 2 | 1960 |
Familiar Bluet | 13 | 2017 |
Double-striped Bluet | 6 | 2017 |
Westfall’s Slender Bluet | 1 | 2015 |
Fragile Forktail | 5 | 2017 |
Eastern Forktail | 12 | 2017 |
Species found in surrounding counties, but yet to be reported: (possible county records to watch for)
Species | County | Recent |
Plains Clubtail | Hancock | 2004 |
Splendid Clubtail | Hancock | 2016 |
Russet-tipped Clubtail | Putnam | 1995 |
Ashy Clubtail | Auglaize | 1937 |
Unicorn Clubtail | Auglaize | 1961 |
Unicorn Clubtail | Hancock | 2017 |
Unicorn Clubtail | Hardin | 2004 |
Comet Darner | Hancock | 2016 |
Cyrano Darner | Hancock | 2016 |
Cyrano Darner | Putnam | 1985 |
Cyrano Darner | Auglaize | 1991 |
Cyrano Darner | Van Wert | 1984 |
Lance-tipped Darner | Putnam | 1956 |
Royal River Cruiser | Hancock | 2017 |
Royal River Cruiser | Auglaize | 1961 |
Royal River Cruiser | Putnam | 1995 |
Royal River Cruiser | Hardin | 1995 |
Wabash River Cruiser | Putnam | 1993 |
Gilded River Cruiser | Auglaize | 1961 |
Common Baskettail | Hancock | 2016 |
Mocha Emerald | Van Wert | 1960 |
Mocha Emerald | Hancock | 1960 |
Plains Emerald | Van Wert | 1961 |
Painted Skimmer | Van Wert | 1944 |
Great Blue Skimmer | Hancock | 2000 |
Variegated Meadowhawk | Putnam | 1961 |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | Hancock | 2017 |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | Hardin | 2017 |
White-faced Meadowhawk | Putnam | 1995 |
White-faced Meadowhawk | Hancock | 2015 |
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk | Putnam | 1956 |
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk | Putnam | 1956 |
Dot-tailed Whiteface | Hancock | 2016 |
Spot-winged Glider | Hancock | 2017 |
Spot-winged Glider | Van Wert | 2017 |
Great Spreadwing | Hancock | 2017 |
Elegant Spreadwing | Hancock | 2016 |
Amber-winged Spreadwing | Putnam | 1994 |
Spotted Spreadwing | Putnam | 1958 |
Spotted Spreadwing | Hancock | 2017 |
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing | Van Wert | 1963 |
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing | Auglaize | 1997 |
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing | Putnam | 1950 |
Southern Spreadwing | Hardin | 1997 |
Emerald Spreadwing | Hancock | 2017 |
Swamp Spreadwing | Hancock | 2016 |
Sedge Sprite | Hancock | 2016 |
Turquoise Bluet | Hancock | 2016 |
Tule Bluet | Auglaize | 1937 |
Tule Bluet | Hancock | 2017 |
River Bluet | Hancock | 2016 |
Azure Bluet | Hardin | 2004 |
Azure Bluet | Hancock | 2017 |
Citrine Forktail | Hardin | 1959 |
Citrine Forktail | Auglaize | 1975 |
Citrine Forktail | Hancock | 2017 |
Citrine Forktail | Van Wert | 2017 |