Fulton County

Lots of potential county records here! Check out the species found in neighboring counties for potentially easy records (Fawn Darner, Unicorn Clubtail, Skimming Bluet, etc)

Total number of known species: 49

Total abundance of specimens in database: 106

Places to visit: Goll Woods State Nature Preserve,  Tiffin River Wildlife Area, Harrison Lake State Park. See our Searching for Dragonflies and Damselflies Tab

Species List known from county:

Species # Records Recent
Russet-tipped Clubtail 1 1899
Pronghorn Clubtail 2 1946
Lancet Clubtail 1 1946
Flag-tailed Spinyleg 2 1956
Springtime Darner 1 1930
Common Green Darner 1 1945
Shadow Darner 1 1945
Royal River Cruiser 1 1956
Prince Baskettail 4 2017
Eastern Amberwing 4 2017
Halloween Pennant 1 2017
Calico Pennant 1 1897
Widow Skimmer 2 2017
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 2 1984
Common Whitetail 3 2017
Variegated Meadowhawk 1 1896
White-faced Meadowhawk 1 1956
Ruby Meadowhawk 2 1991
Autumn Meadowhawk 1 1998
Dot-tailed Whiteface 1 1946
Blue Dasher 2 2017
Eastern Pondhawk 3 1992
Spot-winged Glider 1 2003
Wandering Glider 1 1937
Black Saddlebags 1 1994
Red Saddlebags 1 1999
Ebony Jewelwing 4 1972
American Rubyspot 2 1972
Slender Spreadwing 1 1898
Emerald Spreadwing 1 1898
Blue-fronted Dancer 7 2017
Violet Dancer 4 2017
Powdered Dancer 1 1946
Blue-ringed Dancer 1 1937
Blue-tipped Dancer 3 2017
Eastern Red Damsel 1 1946
Sedge Sprite 2 1956
Aurora Damsel 3 1946
Hagen’s Bluet 1 1956
Orange Bluet 3 1997
Stream Bluet 6 2017
Rainbow Bluet 4 1972
Tule Bluet 1 1956
Familiar Bluet 8 1998
Double-striped Bluet 3 2017
Azure Bluet 1 1897
Fragile Forktail 1 1972
Eastern Forktail 5 2017
Citrine Forktail 1 1897

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

Species County Recent
Common Sanddragon Williams 1956
Dragonhunter Williams 1957
Dragonhunter Lucas 2013
Rusty Snaketail Williams 1961
Midland Clubtail Williams 2009
Midland Clubtail Lucas 2012
Plains Clubtail Williams 1992
Plains Clubtail Lucas 2011
Handsome Clubtail Lucas 2012
Riverine Clubtail Williams 1959
Cobra Clubtail Lucas 2016
Skillet Clubtail Williams 1962
Elusive Clubtail Williams 1946
Elusive Clubtail Lucas 2016
Arrow Clubtail Williams 1962
Ashy Clubtail Williams 1961
Ashy Clubtail Lucas 2015
Dusky Clubtail Williams 1994
Dusky Clubtail Lucas 2015
Rapids Clubtail Williams 1951
Lilypad Clubtail Williams 2015
Unicorn Clubtail Williams 2016
Unicorn Clubtail Lucas 2017
Unicorn Clubtail Henry 1994
Laura’s Clubtail Williams 1960
Black-shouldered Spinyleg Henry 1898
Black-shouldered Spinyleg Williams 1991
Fawn Darner Williams 1993
Fawn Darner Lucas 2014
Fawn Darner Henry 1986
Comet Darner Williams 2017
Comet Darner Lucas 2017
Cyrano Darner Williams 1955
Cyrano Darner Lucas 2017
Swamp Darner Williams 1950
Swamp Darner Lucas 2017
Spatterdock Darner Williams 2011
Spatterdock Darner Lucas 2016
Lance-tipped Darner Williams 1997
Lance-tipped Darner Lucas 2017
Variable Darner Williams 1951
Mottled Darner Williams 1996
Mottled Darner Lucas 2015
Black-tipped Darner Williams 1957
Black-tipped Darner Lucas 2017
Canada Darner Williams 1997
Canada Darner Lucas 1997
Green-striped Darner Williams 1961
Green-striped Darner Lucas 2017
Delta-spotted Spiketail Williams 2008
Arrowhead Spiketail Williams 1959
Swift River Cruiser Williams 2011
Swift River Cruiser Lucas 2017
Wabash River Cruiser Lucas 2012
Gilded River Cruiser Lucas 2016
Common Baskettail Williams 1995
Common Baskettail Lucas 2014
Mocha Emerald Williams 1984
Mocha Emerald Lucas 2017
Plains Emerald Williams 1949
Clamp-tipped Emerald Lucas 2016
Hine’s Emerald Lucas 1961
Hine’s Emerald Williams 1956
Banded Pennant Williams 2017
Banded Pennant Lucas 2017
Chalk-fronted Corporal Williams 1996
Chalk-fronted Corporal Lucas 2015
Golden-winged Skimmer Lucas 2010
Spangled Skimmer Williams 2015
Spangled Skimmer Lucas 2016
Painted Skimmer Lucas 2017
Painted Skimmer Williams 1950
Four-spotted Skimmer Lucas 2011
Four-spotted Skimmer Williams 1953
Slaty Skimmer Williams 2017
Slaty Skimmer Lucas 2017
Great Blue Skimmer Lucas 2017
Great Blue Skimmer Williams 1962
Blue-faced Meadowhawk Henry 1950
Blue-faced Meadowhawk Lucas 2017
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk Lucas 1992
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk Williams 1953
Band-winged Meadowhawk Lucas 2016
Band-winged Meadowhawk Williams 1961
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Lucas 1953
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Williams 1954
Frosted Whiteface Lucas 2017
Belted Whiteface Lucas 2017
Striped Saddlebags Lucas 2016
Carolina Saddlebags Lucas 2017
Carolina Saddlebags Williams 1951
River Jewelwing Williams 1951
Smoky Rubyspot Williams 1957
Great Spreadwing Lucas 2017
Elegant Spreadwing Williams 1997
Amber-winged Spreadwing Williams 1994
Amber-winged Spreadwing Lucas 2015
Spotted Spreadwing Williams 1991
Spotted Spreadwing Lucas 2017
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Lucas 2017
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Williams 1951
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Henry 1950
Sweetflag Spreadwing Lucas 2017
Sweetflag Spreadwing Williams 1950
Northern Spreadwing Henry 1996
Southern Spreadwing Williams 1997
Southern Spreadwing Henry 1994
Southern Spreadwing Lucas 2017
Swamp Spreadwing Williams 2017
Swamp Spreadwing Lucas 2015
Dusky Dancer Lucas 2014
Sphagnum Sprite Williams 1962
Turquoise Bluet Williams 1951
Boreal Bluet Williams 1953
Boreal Bluet Lucas 1952
Northern Bluet Williams 1953
Northern Bluet Lucas 1952
Skimming Bluet Williams 2017
Skimming Bluet Lucas 2017
Skimming Bluet Henry 1956
Vesper Bluet Williams 2017
Vesper Bluet Lucas 2017
Marsh Bluet Williams 1994
Marsh Bluet Henry 1945
Marsh Bluet Lucas 1973
Westfall’s Slender Bluet Williams 2017
Westfall’s Slender Bluet Lucas 2017
Lilypad Forktail Williams 2004