Ottawa County

Total number of known species: 73

Total abundance of specimens in database: 674

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Species List known from county:

Species # Records Recent
Midland Clubtail 10 1952
Cobra Clubtail 38 1952
Russet-tipped Clubtail 12 1943
Arrow Clubtail 1 1937
Ashy Clubtail 1 1955
Flag-tailed Spinyleg 3 2016
Black-shouldered Spinyleg 1 1934
Comet Darner 1 1942
Common Green Darner 36 2017
Swamp Darner 6 2017
Spatterdock Darner 1 1929
Lance-tipped Darner 3 2017
Black-tipped Darner 1 1938
Green-striped Darner 2 2017
Swift River Cruiser 11 1990
Allegheny River Cruiser 1 1934
Gilded River Cruiser 1 2006
Umber Shadowdragon 2 1950
Stygian Shadowdragon 43 1990
Prince Baskettail 6 1940
Common Baskettail 1 1921
Eastern Amberwing 28 2017
Halloween Pennant 7 2017
Calico Pennant 5 2013
Widow Skimmer 17 1995
Golden-winged Skimmer 1 1964
Painted Skimmer 2 2005
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 16 1990
Common Whitetail 24 1993
Variegated Meadowhawk 2 1957
Blue-faced Meadowhawk 1 1933
White-faced Meadowhawk 1 1920
Ruby Meadowhawk 7 1969
Band-winged Meadowhawk 4 2013
Autumn Meadowhawk 7 2017
Dot-tailed Whiteface 1 1920
Blue Dasher 56 2017
Eastern Pondhawk 40 2017
Spot-winged Glider 9 2017
Wandering Glider 6 2017
Black Saddlebags 9 2017
Red Saddlebags 2 1964
Carolina Saddlebags 1 1933
Ebony Jewelwing 1 1957
American Rubyspot 8 1982
Elegant Spreadwing 1 1895
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing 4 1933
Sweetflag Spreadwing 4 1951
Northern Spreadwing 3 1920
Southern Spreadwing 3 1970
Slender Spreadwing 36 2015
Emerald Spreadwing 1 1920
Swamp Spreadwing 1 1895
Blue-fronted Dancer 3 1992
Violet Dancer 1 1967
Powdered Dancer 25 1992
Eastern Red Damsel 1 1968
Sedge Sprite 1 1920
Aurora Damsel 1 1991
Hagen’s Bluet 4 1947
Northern Bluet 1 1970
Skimming Bluet 1 2015
Orange Bluet 12 2017
Vesper Bluet 3 2015
Marsh Bluet 12 1961
Stream Bluet 15 1992
Rainbow Bluet 1 1970
Tule Bluet 17 1992
Familiar Bluet 16 2004
Double-striped Bluet 1 1971
Fragile Forktail 5 2013
Eastern Forktail 62 2017
Citrine Forktail 3 2013

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

Species County Recent
Dragonhunter Lucas 2013
Plains Clubtail Erie 1984
Plains Clubtail Lucas 2011
Handsome Clubtail Erie 1895
Handsome Clubtail Lucas 2012
Elusive Clubtail Lucas 2016
Pronghorn Clubtail Lucas 2017
Lancet Clubtail Erie 1937
Dusky Clubtail Erie 1897
Dusky Clubtail Lucas 2015
Lilypad Clubtail Erie 1900
Unicorn Clubtail Lucas 2017
Unicorn Clubtail Sandusky 1932
Unicorn Clubtail Erie 1895
Fawn Darner Erie 1985
Fawn Darner Lucas 2014
Fawn Darner Sandusky 1986
Fawn Darner Wood 1988
Cyrano Darner Lucas 2017
Shadow Darner Lucas 2017
Shadow Darner Sandusky 2017
Shadow Darner Erie 2017
Mottled Darner Lucas 2015
Canada Darner Lucas 1997
Royal River Cruiser Erie 1985
Royal River Cruiser Lucas 2017
Royal River Cruiser Wood 2017
Wabash River Cruiser Wood 2012
Wabash River Cruiser Lucas 2012
Mocha Emerald Lucas 2017
Clamp-tipped Emerald Lucas 2016
Hine’s Emerald Lucas 1961
Kennedy’s Emerald Erie 1955
Banded Pennant Lucas 2017
Chalk-fronted Corporal Lucas 2015
Spangled Skimmer Lucas 2016
Four-spotted Skimmer Lucas 2011
Four-spotted Skimmer Erie 1945
Slaty Skimmer Erie 1899
Slaty Skimmer Lucas 2017
Great Blue Skimmer Lucas 2017
Great Blue Skimmer Erie 2013
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk Lucas 1992
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Lucas 1953
Frosted Whiteface Lucas 2017
Belted Whiteface Lucas 2017
Striped Saddlebags Lucas 2016
Great Spreadwing Lucas 2017
Amber-winged Spreadwing Lucas 2015
Amber-winged Spreadwing Erie 1903
Spotted Spreadwing Wood 1996
Spotted Spreadwing Lucas 2017
Blue-ringed Dancer Erie 2017
Blue-ringed Dancer Sandusky 1960
Blue-tipped Dancer Wood 1991
Blue-tipped Dancer Sandusky 1960
Blue-tipped Dancer Erie 1983
Blue-tipped Dancer Lucas 2017
Dusky Dancer Sandusky 1987
Dusky Dancer Lucas 2014
Boreal Bluet Erie 1926
Boreal Bluet Lucas 1952
Azure Bluet Erie 2013
Azure Bluet Lucas 2017
Westfall’s Slender Bluet Lucas 2017
Westfall’s Slender Bluet Erie 1899