Total number of known species: 84
Total abundance of specimens in database: 817
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Species List known from county:
Species | # Records | Recent |
Common Sanddragon | 5 | 1955 |
Dragonhunter | 1 | 1950 |
Eastern Ringtail | 1 | 1954 |
Midland Clubtail | 17 | 1961 |
Plains Clubtail | 16 | 1957 |
Riverine Clubtail | 3 | 1960 |
Cobra Clubtail | 17 | 1953 |
Russet-tipped Clubtail | 10 | 1960 |
Arrow Clubtail | 1 | 1950 |
Pronghorn Clubtail | 25 | 1983 |
Unicorn Clubtail | 3 | 1951 |
Flag-tailed Spinyleg | 28 | 1994 |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | 3 | 1991 |
Fawn Darner | 6 | 1991 |
Comet Darner | 1 | 1949 |
Common Green Darner | 16 | 1959 |
Cyrano Darner | 4 | 1991 |
Swamp Darner | 2 | 1942 |
Shadow Darner | 8 | 1962 |
Lance-tipped Darner | 54 | 1965 |
Green-striped Darner | 6 | 1951 |
Swift River Cruiser | 25 | 1960 |
Royal River Cruiser | 18 | 1961 |
Wabash River Cruiser | 7 | 1961 |
Gilded River Cruiser | 2 | 1961 |
Georgia river cruiser | 3 | 1956 |
Prince Baskettail | 2 | 1956 |
Common Baskettail | 4 | 1961 |
Mocha Emerald | 40 | 1959 |
Plains Emerald | 15 | 1951 |
Eastern Amberwing | 10 | 1959 |
Halloween Pennant | 3 | 1947 |
Calico Pennant | 6 | 1961 |
Widow Skimmer | 8 | 2017 |
Painted Skimmer | 8 | 1948 |
Twelve-spotted Skimmer | 9 | 1946 |
Great Blue Skimmer | 12 | 1960 |
Common Whitetail | 13 | 1983 |
Variegated Meadowhawk | 5 | 1957 |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | 12 | 1950 |
White-faced Meadowhawk | 14 | 1960 |
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk | 1 | 1954 |
Ruby Meadowhawk | 26 | 1961 |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | 8 | 1958 |
Autumn Meadowhawk | 26 | 1963 |
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk | 2 | 1952 |
Dot-tailed Whiteface | 4 | 1961 |
Blue Dasher | 13 | 2017 |
Eastern Pondhawk | 9 | 2017 |
Spot-winged Glider | 13 | 1949 |
Wandering Glider | 8 | 1957 |
Black Saddlebags | 22 | 1962 |
Red Saddlebags | 3 | 1948 |
Carolina Saddlebags | 1 | 1942 |
Ebony Jewelwing | 3 | 1948 |
American Rubyspot | 16 | 1954 |
Smoky Rubyspot | 4 | 1959 |
Great Spreadwing | 1 | 1962 |
Amber-winged Spreadwing | 1 | 1949 |
Spotted Spreadwing | 6 | 1963 |
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing | 6 | 1951 |
Sweetflag Spreadwing | 1 | 1950 |
Southern Spreadwing | 4 | 1949 |
Slender Spreadwing | 5 | 1996 |
Emerald Spreadwing | 3 | 1948 |
Blue-fronted Dancer | 18 | 1996 |
Violet Dancer | 3 | 1947 |
Powdered Dancer | 5 | 1948 |
Blue-ringed Dancer | 4 | 1996 |
Blue-tipped Dancer | 3 | 1996 |
Sedge Sprite | 6 | 1954 |
Aurora Damsel | 1 | 1944 |
Taiga Bluet | 1 | 1945 |
Hagen’s Bluet | 2 | 1947 |
Orange Bluet | 1 | 1951 |
Marsh Bluet | 1 | 1958 |
Stream Bluet | 22 | 1996 |
Rainbow Bluet | 18 | 1951 |
Familiar Bluet | 53 | 2017 |
Double-striped Bluet | 17 | 1963 |
Azure Bluet | 1 | 1962 |
Fragile Forktail | 2 | 1945 |
Eastern Forktail | 24 | 1955 |
Citrine Forktail | 6 | 1950 |
Species found in surrounding counties, but yet to be reported: (possible county records to watch for)
Species | County | Recent |
Handsome Clubtail | Defiance | 1943 |
Skillet Clubtail | Defiance | 1950 |
Dusky Clubtail | Defiance | 1948 |
Lilypad Clubtail | Defiance | 1948 |
Canada Darner | Defiance | 1950 |
Banded Pennant | Defiance | 1994 |
Spangled Skimmer | Defiance | 1944 |
Slaty Skimmer | Defiance | 1957 |
Elegant Spreadwing | Defiance | 1944 |
Swamp Spreadwing | Defiance | 1972 |
Dusky Dancer | Van Wert | 2017 |
Dusky Dancer | Defiance | 2017 |
Boreal Bluet | Defiance | 1951 |
Skimming Bluet | Defiance | 2017 |
Skimming Bluet | Putnam | 1972 |
Vesper Bluet | Defiance | 1944 |
Westfall’s Slender Bluet | Defiance | 2004 |