Lots of potential county records!
Total number of known species: 41
Total abundance of specimens in database: 134
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Species List known from county:
Species | # Records | Recent |
Ashy Clubtail | 1 | 1937 |
Pronghorn Clubtail | 1 | 1961 |
Unicorn Clubtail | 2 | 1961 |
Flag-tailed Spinyleg | 5 | 1961 |
Fawn Darner | 1 | 1950 |
Common Green Darner | 3 | 2017 |
Cyrano Darner | 1 | 1991 |
Swamp Darner | 1 | 1937 |
Shadow Darner | 1 | 1947 |
Royal River Cruiser | 4 | 1961 |
Gilded River Cruiser | 1 | 1961 |
Prince Baskettail | 2 | 2016 |
Eastern Amberwing | 9 | 2017 |
Halloween Pennant | 4 | 2016 |
Calico Pennant | 1 | 1951 |
Widow Skimmer | 4 | 2016 |
Twelve-spotted Skimmer | 1 | 1959 |
Common Whitetail | 4 | 2016 |
Ruby Meadowhawk | 1 | 1958 |
Blue Dasher | 9 | 2017 |
Eastern Pondhawk | 6 | 2016 |
Black Saddlebags | 4 | 2017 |
Ebony Jewelwing | 2 | 1947 |
American Rubyspot | 4 | 1975 |
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing | 1 | 1997 |
Sweetflag Spreadwing | 1 | 1975 |
Slender Spreadwing | 2 | 1997 |
Blue-fronted Dancer | 6 | 2017 |
Violet Dancer | 3 | 2015 |
Blue-ringed Dancer | 3 | 1960 |
Blue-tipped Dancer | 1 | 1975 |
Skimming Bluet | 3 | 1960 |
Orange Bluet | 4 | 2017 |
Stream Bluet | 2 | 1960 |
Rainbow Bluet | 2 | 1960 |
Tule Bluet | 1 | 1937 |
Familiar Bluet | 18 | 2017 |
Double-striped Bluet | 1 | 1960 |
Fragile Forktail | 4 | 2017 |
Eastern Forktail | 9 | 2017 |
Citrine Forktail | 1 | 1975 |
Species found in surrounding counties, but yet to be reported: (possible county records to watch for)
Species | County | Recent |
Gray Petaltail | Logan | 2016 |
Dragonhunter | Darke | 2017 |
Dragonhunter | Shelby | 2016 |
Green-faced Clubtail | Logan | 1929 |
Midland Clubtail | Allen | 1944 |
Midland Clubtail | Logan | 1929 |
Midland Clubtail | Mercer | |
Midland Clubtail | Shelby | 2014 |
Midland Clubtail | Darke | 2017 |
Plains Clubtail | Darke | 1990 |
Arrow Clubtail | Shelby | 1961 |
Arrow Clubtail | Darke | 2005 |
Lancet Clubtail | Logan | 1932 |
Lancet Clubtail | Darke | 2017 |
Dusky Clubtail | Logan | 1932 |
Rapids Clubtail | Shelby | 1982 |
Rapids Clubtail | Logan | 2016 |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | Van Wert | 1984 |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | Allen | 1967 |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | Darke | 2015 |
Springtime Darner | Logan | 2015 |
Comet Darner | Logan | 2017 |
Spatterdock Darner | Logan | 2015 |
Lance-tipped Darner | Logan | 1935 |
Lance-tipped Darner | Mercer | 1945 |
Green-striped Darner | Mercer | 1945 |
Brown Spiketail | Logan | 2016 |
Tiger Spiketail | Logan | 2016 |
Swift River Cruiser | Darke | 2016 |
Swift River Cruiser | Shelby | 2011 |
Swift River Cruiser | Logan | 2016 |
Swift River Cruiser | Allen | 2017 |
Wabash River Cruiser | Logan | 1995 |
Common Baskettail | Logan | 1933 |
Common Baskettail | Darke | 2016 |
Mocha Emerald | Van Wert | 1960 |
Plains Emerald | Van Wert | 1961 |
Clamp-tipped Emerald | Logan | 2016 |
Hine’s Emerald | Logan | 1929 |
Painted Skimmer | Logan | 1991 |
Painted Skimmer | Van Wert | 1944 |
Painted Skimmer | Mercer | 1947 |
Painted Skimmer | Darke | 2016 |
Slaty Skimmer | Logan | 2017 |
Slaty Skimmer | Darke | 2017 |
Slaty Skimmer | Shelby | 2017 |
Slaty Skimmer | Allen | 2017 |
Great Blue Skimmer | Logan | 1929 |
Variegated Meadowhawk | Mercer | 1896 |
Variegated Meadowhawk | Logan | 1896 |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | Shelby | 2013 |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | Mercer | 1952 |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | Logan | 2017 |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | Darke | 2016 |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | Hardin | 2017 |
White-faced Meadowhawk | Darke | 1960 |
White-faced Meadowhawk | Mercer | 1951 |
White-faced Meadowhawk | Shelby | 1935 |
White-faced Meadowhawk | Logan | 1951 |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | Logan | 2015 |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | Hardin | 1958 |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | Van Wert | 2017 |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | Darke | 1959 |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | Allen | 1959 |
Autumn Meadowhawk | Shelby | 2017 |
Autumn Meadowhawk | Allen | 2017 |
Autumn Meadowhawk | Logan | 2017 |
Autumn Meadowhawk | Darke | 2017 |
Autumn Meadowhawk | Van Wert | 2017 |
Dot-tailed Whiteface | Logan | 2015 |
Spot-winged Glider | Logan | 1932 |
Spot-winged Glider | Van Wert | 2017 |
Spot-winged Glider | Mercer | 1952 |
Spot-winged Glider | Shelby | 1896 |
Spot-winged Glider | Darke | 2017 |
Wandering Glider | Van Wert | 2017 |
Wandering Glider | Hardin | 1995 |
Wandering Glider | Logan | 2016 |
Wandering Glider | Darke | 2017 |
Wandering Glider | Allen | 2016 |
Wandering Glider | Shelby | 2017 |
Wandering Glider | Mercer | 2016 |
Carolina Saddlebags | Allen | 1988 |
Carolina Saddlebags | Logan | 2017 |
Elegant Spreadwing | Logan | 2017 |
Amber-winged Spreadwing | Logan | 1930 |
Spotted Spreadwing | Logan | 1930 |
Spotted Spreadwing | Shelby | 2009 |
Northern Spreadwing | Logan | 2008 |
Southern Spreadwing | Hardin | 1997 |
Southern Spreadwing | Mercer | 1942 |
Emerald Spreadwing | Logan | 2016 |
Emerald Spreadwing | Mercer | 1943 |
Emerald Spreadwing | Shelby | 1950 |
Emerald Spreadwing | Darke | 2016 |
Swamp Spreadwing | Darke | 2017 |
Swamp Spreadwing | Logan | 2015 |
Powdered Dancer | Allen | 2017 |
Powdered Dancer | Shelby | 2017 |
Powdered Dancer | Logan | 1933 |
Powdered Dancer | Hardin | 1995 |
Powdered Dancer | Mercer | 1950 |
Powdered Dancer | Van Wert | 1937 |
Powdered Dancer | Darke | 2017 |
Dusky Dancer | Hardin | 1992 |
Dusky Dancer | Logan | 1960 |
Dusky Dancer | Shelby | 2017 |
Dusky Dancer | Van Wert | 2017 |
Dusky Dancer | Allen | 2017 |
Eastern Red Damsel | Logan | 2016 |
Sedge Sprite | Logan | 1933 |
Aurora Damsel | Darke | 2016 |
Turquoise Bluet | Logan | 1933 |
Turquoise Bluet | Darke | 2017 |
Hagen’s Bluet | Logan | 1930 |
Vesper Bluet | Logan | 2012 |
Vesper Bluet | Allen | 2017 |
Marsh Bluet | Logan | 1930 |
Azure Bluet | Hardin | 2004 |
Azure Bluet | Logan | 2017 |
Azure Bluet | Mercer | 1933 |
Westfall’s Slender Bluet | Logan | 2012 |
Westfall’s Slender Bluet | Hardin | 2016 |
Westfall’s Slender Bluet | Darke | 2016 |
Westfall’s Slender Bluet | Allen | 2015 |
Westfall’s Slender Bluet | Shelby | 2017 |
Lilypad Forktail | Logan | 2017 |