Total number of known species: 101
Total abundance of specimens in database: 1057
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Species List known from county:
Species | # Records | Recent |
Dragonhunter | 3 | 2013 |
Midland Clubtail | 7 | 2012 |
Plains Clubtail | 6 | 2011 |
Handsome Clubtail | 1 | 2012 |
Cobra Clubtail | 11 | 2016 |
Elusive Clubtail | 2 | 2016 |
Russet-tipped Clubtail | 7 | 2016 |
Ashy Clubtail | 37 | 2015 |
Pronghorn Clubtail | 27 | 2017 |
Dusky Clubtail | 3 | 2015 |
Unicorn Clubtail | 10 | 2017 |
Flag-tailed Spinyleg | 6 | 2017 |
Fawn Darner | 5 | 2014 |
Comet Darner | 5 | 2017 |
Common Green Darner | 30 | 2017 |
Cyrano Darner | 4 | 2017 |
Swamp Darner | 11 | 2017 |
Spatterdock Darner | 3 | 2016 |
Shadow Darner | 14 | 2017 |
Lance-tipped Darner | 8 | 2017 |
Mottled Darner | 5 | 2015 |
Black-tipped Darner | 3 | 2017 |
Canada Darner | 1 | 1997 |
Green-striped Darner | 33 | 2017 |
Swift River Cruiser | 6 | 2017 |
Royal River Cruiser | 10 | 2017 |
Wabash River Cruiser | 6 | 2012 |
Gilded River Cruiser | 6 | 2016 |
Prince Baskettail | 9 | 2017 |
Common Baskettail | 8 | 2014 |
Mocha Emerald | 7 | 2017 |
Clamp-tipped Emerald | 8 | 2016 |
Hine’s Emerald | 18 | 1961 |
Eastern Amberwing | 20 | 2017 |
Halloween Pennant | 9 | 2017 |
Calico Pennant | 22 | 2017 |
Banded Pennant | 9 | 2017 |
Chalk-fronted Corporal | 9 | 2015 |
Widow Skimmer | 20 | 2017 |
Golden-winged Skimmer | 6 | 2010 |
Spangled Skimmer | 1 | 2016 |
Painted Skimmer | 17 | 2017 |
Twelve-spotted Skimmer | 22 | 2017 |
Four-spotted Skimmer | 6 | 2011 |
Slaty Skimmer | 2 | 2017 |
Great Blue Skimmer | 7 | 2017 |
Common Whitetail | 34 | 2017 |
Variegated Meadowhawk | 6 | 2017 |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | 21 | 2017 |
White-faced Meadowhawk | 9 | 2017 |
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk | 1 | 1992 |
Ruby Meadowhawk | 40 | 2017 |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | 8 | 2016 |
Autumn Meadowhawk | 19 | 2017 |
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk | 1 | 1953 |
Dot-tailed Whiteface | 8 | 2017 |
Frosted Whiteface | 5 | 2017 |
Belted Whiteface | 1 | 2017 |
Blue Dasher | 25 | 2017 |
Eastern Pondhawk | 30 | 2017 |
Spot-winged Glider | 7 | 2017 |
Wandering Glider | 22 | 2017 |
Striped Saddlebags | 13 | 2016 |
Black Saddlebags | 17 | 2017 |
Red Saddlebags | 9 | 2016 |
Carolina Saddlebags | 13 | 2017 |
Ebony Jewelwing | 11 | 2017 |
American Rubyspot | 8 | 2017 |
Great Spreadwing | 13 | 2017 |
Amber-winged Spreadwing | 4 | 2015 |
Spotted Spreadwing | 9 | 2017 |
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing | 13 | 2017 |
Sweetflag Spreadwing | 13 | 2017 |
Southern Spreadwing | 3 | 2017 |
Slender Spreadwing | 18 | 2017 |
Emerald Spreadwing | 14 | 2017 |
Swamp Spreadwing | 3 | 2015 |
Blue-fronted Dancer | 9 | 2017 |
Violet Dancer | 5 | 2017 |
Powdered Dancer | 6 | 2017 |
Blue-tipped Dancer | 6 | 2017 |
Dusky Dancer | 5 | 2014 |
Eastern Red Damsel | 4 | 1974 |
Sedge Sprite | 5 | 2017 |
Aurora Damsel | 2 | 2011 |
Boreal Bluet | 1 | 1952 |
Northern Bluet | 1 | 1952 |
Skimming Bluet | 8 | 2017 |
Orange Bluet | 10 | 2017 |
Vesper Bluet | 6 | 2017 |
Marsh Bluet | 1 | 1973 |
Stream Bluet | 12 | 2017 |
Rainbow Bluet | 8 | 2017 |
Tule Bluet | 4 | 2017 |
Familiar Bluet | 19 | 2017 |
Double-striped Bluet | 16 | 2017 |
Azure Bluet | 5 | 2017 |
Westfall’s Slender Bluet | 6 | 2017 |
Fragile Forktail | 14 | 2017 |
Eastern Forktail | 28 | 2017 |
Citrine Forktail | 8 | 2017 |
Species found in surrounding counties, but yet to be reported: (possible county records to watch for)
Species | County | Recent |
Arrow Clubtail | Ottawa | 1937 |
Lancet Clubtail | Fulton | 1946 |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | Henry | 1898 |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | Ottawa | 1934 |
Springtime Darner | Fulton | 1930 |
Allegheny River Cruiser | Ottawa | 1934 |
Umber Shadowdragon | Ottawa | 1950 |
Stygian Shadowdragon | Ottawa | 1990 |
Elegant Spreadwing | Ottawa | 1895 |
Northern Spreadwing | Ottawa | 1920 |
Northern Spreadwing | Henry | 1996 |
Blue-ringed Dancer | Fulton | 1937 |
Blue-ringed Dancer | Henry | 1998 |
Hagen’s Bluet | Ottawa | 1947 |
Hagen’s Bluet | Fulton | 1956 |