Paulding County

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