One of the things we keep track of is the range of days that a species is seen in Ohio. We call this the flight range, this helps know when we should expect to start (or stop) looking for a species. By keeping track, when can also have some insight to on-going changes. We had 22 changes to our species flight range in 2022. 13 new early flight dates, 9 new late flight dates. Interesting to me is the two instances (Dragonhunter and Rubyspot) where we had same day observations at different ends of the state.
Species | New Early | New Late | iNat User | County |
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Dragonhunter | 2-Jun | lgilbert | Geauga | |
beaton422 | Montgomery | |||
Handsome Clubtail | 22-Jul | jimlem | Miami | |
Elusive Clubtail | 23-Oct | lundbergj, dtibbetts | Hamilton | |
Flag-tailed Spinyleg | 12-Jun | srmyers | Hancock | |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | 21-Sep | jimlem | Hocking | |
Eastern Least Clubtail | 20-May | lundbergj | Adams | |
Comet Darner | 11-May | smwhite | Montgomery | |
Common Green Darner | 6-Mar | smwhite | Montgomery | |
Royal River Cruiser | 11-Jun | lthies | Hamilton | |
Gilded River Cruiser | 11-Jun | srmyers | Hancock | |
Little Blue Dragonlet | 29-May | jackieriley | Lucas | |
Blue Corporal | 1-Jul | spider_wanderer | Delaware | |
Golden-winged Skimmer | 25-Jul | s0428bugs | Franklin | |
Great Blue Skimmer | 20-May | lmillerua, lisaclairmiller | Franklin | |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | 29-Oct | jcefus | Stark | |
American Rubyspot | 5-Nov | quddy | Portage | |
mikeabel | Fayette | |||
Smoky Rubyspot | 24-Oct | jheiser | Coshocton | |
Turquoise Bluet | 15-May | smwhite | Greene | |
Orange Bluet | 4-Nov | monicap273 | Seneca | |
Tule Bluet | 15-May | smwhite | Greene | |
River Bluet | 4-Jun | srmyers | Hancock | |
Westfall's Slender Bluet | 19-May | roamingthewoods | Ashtabula |
Another bit that we track is the first report of a species in a county. We call that a County Record. This is a one time event. Finding a new County Record at this point is challenging and seems to get more difficult as the years go by. For 2022, we had 128 new County Records. This compares favorably to 2020 (115) and 2021 (112), but trails 2018 (330) and 2019 (321). The peak year was 1959 (405, primarily by R Alrutz).
Species | County | Date | iNat User |
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Amber-winged Spreadwing | Hancock | 6/4/2022 | srmyers |
Arrowhead Spiketail | Logan | 6/4/2022 | jimlem |
Aurora Damsel | Crawford | 6/18/2022 | chelsealynne |
Azure Bluet | Auglaize | 6/18/2022 | jimlem |
Banded Pennant | Licking | 6/20/2022 | susankamps |
Banded Pennant | Clark | 7/10/2022 | terrinorris |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | Lorain | 7/11/2022 | dear_deaddeer |
Band-winged Meadowhawk | Trumbull | 7/16/2022 | charleshappell |
Black-shouldered Spinyleg | Shelby | 7/13/2022 | jimlem |
Blue Corporal | Crawford | 5/20/2022 | chelsealynne |
Blue Corporal | Delaware | 7/1/2022 | spider_wanderer |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | Auglaize | 6/18/2022 | jimlem |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | Portage | 9/1/2022 | jsemroc |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk | Portage | 9/1/2022 | quddy |
Blue-tipped Dancer | Ottawa | 8/6/2022 | rjacob |
Carolina Saddlebags | Mercer | 5/19/2022 | jimlem |
Carolina Saddlebags | Wayne | 6/4/2022 | benniesaylor |
Citrine Forktail | Seneca | 5/27/2022 | monicap273 |
Citrine Forktail | Wood | 7/19/2022 | jimlem |
Citrine Forktail | Marion | 8/7/2022 | darth_schrader |
Comet Darner | Coshocton | 6/11/2022 | jheiser |
Comet Darner | Fairfield | 6/18/2022 | raptor_1 |
Comet Darner | Morrow | 6/18/2022 | jessicalowery |
Comet Darner | Mahoning | 6/21/2022 | lewarren |
Comet Darner | Scioto | 6/26/2022 | dougoveracker |
Comet Darner | Columbiana | 6/30/2022 | quddy |
Common Baskettail | Pickaway | 5/21/2022 | turtlerunner |
Cyrano Darner | Sandusky | 6/10/2022 | carolr |
Cyrano Darner | Henry | 6/27/2022 | jimlem |
Cyrano Darner | Ottawa | 7/16/2022 | jackieriley |
Dot-tailed Whiteface | Hardin | 5/27/2022 | t_krynak |
Dot-tailed Whiteface | Shelby | 6/5/2022 | jimlem |
Dot-tailed Whiteface | Monroe | 6/24/2022 | monicap273 |
Dragonhunter | Stark | 6/25/2022 | jcefus |
Eastern Red Damsel | Hamilton | 6/6/2022 | jackstenger |
Ebony Jewelwing | Mercer | 8/16/2022 | jimlem |
Elegant Spreadwing | Scioto | 6/18/2022 | monicap273 |
Flag-tailed Spinyleg | Scioto | 9/9/2022 | monicap273 |
Furtive Forktail | Champaign | 5/2/2022 | jimlem |
Golden-winged Skimmer | Lake | 7/14/2022 | sallypsandpiper |
Golden-winged Skimmer | Franklin | 7/25/2022 | s0428bugs |
Gray Petaltail | Columbiana | 6/9/2022 | jsemroc |
Gray Petaltail | Meigs | 6/19/2022 | monicap273 |
Great Blue Skimmer | Ottawa | 6/2/2022 | rjacob |
Great Blue Skimmer | Shelby | 6/4/2022 | jimlem |
Great Blue Skimmer | Richland | 6/8/2022 | carolr |
Great Blue Skimmer | Butler | 6/17/2022 | nireklov |
Great Blue Skimmer | Pickaway | 6/19/2022 | turtlerunner |
Great Blue Skimmer | Pike | 6/21/2022 | jimlem |
Great Spreadwing | Jefferson | 8/23/2022 | gcasp60 |
Handsome Clubtail | Stark | 6/22/2022 | kent_miller |
Jade Clubtail | Montgomery | 6/22/2022 | rasamoto |
Jade Clubtail | Preble | 6/30/2022 | whateverwatcher |
Lancet Clubtail | Tuscarawas | 6/12/2022 | monicap273 |
Little Blue Dragonlet | Lucas | 5/29/2022 | jackieriley |
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing | Hancock | 8/2/2022 | srmyers |
Macromia Hybrid | Montgomery | 7/25/2022 | rasamoto |
Macromia Hybrid | Logan | 8/11/2022 | jimlem |
Midland Clubtail | Columbiana | 6/15/2022 | quddy |
Midland Clubtail | Monroe | 6/16/2022 | dmcshaffrey |
Mocha Emerald | Montgomery | 7/10/2022 | rasamoto |
Northern Spreadwing | Williams | 6/28/2022 | jimlem |
Ocellated Darner | Portage | 9/18/2022 | dhochadel |
Orange Bluet | Meigs | 7/23/2022 | monicap273 |
Painted Skimmer | Fayette | 4/24/2022 | turtlerunner |
Painted Skimmer | Shelby | 5/9/2022 | jimlem |
Painted Skimmer | Seneca | 5/12/2022 | ccarrollc1 |
Painted Skimmer | Crawford | 5/14/2022 | chelsealynne |
Painted Skimmer | Huron | 5/15/2022 | carolr |
Painted Skimmer | Madison | 5/30/2022 | jimlem |
Painted Skimmer | Columbiana | 7/1/2022 | quddy |
Rapids Clubtail | Columbiana | 6/22/2022 | jsemroc |
Red Saddlebags | Clark | 5/12/2022 | terrinorris |
Red Saddlebags | Coshocton | 9/8/2022 | quddy |
Royal River Cruiser | Shelby | 7/13/2022 | jimlem |
Royal River Cruiser | Holmes | 7/22/2022 | jheiser |
Royal River Cruiser | Marion | 8/28/2022 | darth_schrader |
Ruby Meadowhawk | Clermont | 7/7/2022 | dmmeyers |
Russet-tipped Clubtail | Greene | 9/7/2022 | smwhite |
Sedge Sprite | Stark | 5/26/2022 | benniesaylor |
Sedge Sprite | Sandusky | 7/30/2022 | darth_schrader |
Shadow Darner | Lawrence | 10/22/2022 | monicap273 |
Skimming Bluet | Sandusky | 7/30/2022 | darth_schrader |
Slaty Skimmer | Huron | 7/13/2022 | monicap273 |
Slaty Skimmer | Wood | 7/29/2022 | rickbarricklow |
Slaty Skimmer | Marion | 8/7/2022 | ccarrollc1 |
Slaty Skimmer | Ottawa | 8/17/2022 | dr__kenda |
Slaty Skimmer | Harrison | 9/15/2022 | quddy |
Slender Baskettail | Preble | 5/30/2022 | rasamoto |
Southern Pygmy Clubtail | Medina | 5/25/2022 | sallypsandpiper |
Southern Spreadwing | Sandusky | 5/29/2022 | kimsmith |
Spangled Skimmer | Clark | 5/30/2022 | terrinorris |
Spangled Skimmer | Madison | 5/30/2022 | jimlem |
Spangled Skimmer | Preble | 5/30/2022 | rasamoto |
Spangled Skimmer | Hancock | 6/4/2022 | srmyers |
Spangled Skimmer | Jefferson | 6/5/2022 | monicap273 |
Spotted Spreadwing | Coshocton | 9/14/2022 | jheiser |
Spotted Spreadwing | Allen | 9/15/2022 | jimlem |
Springtime Darner | Jefferson | 6/5/2022 | monicap273 |
Stream Cruiser | Geauga | 5/21/2022 | toddeiben |
Swamp Darner | Pike | 4/24/2022 | jimlem |
Swamp Darner | Huron | 5/24/2022 | monicap273 |
Swamp Darner | Stark | 6/1/2022 | mbarath |
Swamp Darner | Seneca | 6/26/2022 | chelsealynne |
Swamp Darner | Columbiana | 7/9/2022 | acarnes77 |
Swamp Spreadwing | Pickaway | 7/4/2022 | darth_schrader |
Swamp Spreadwing | Harrison | 8/28/2022 | monicap273 |
Swamp Spreadwing | Pike | 9/17/2022 | monicap273 |
Sweetflag Spreadwing | Fayette | 5/24/2022 | mikeabel |
Sweetflag Spreadwing | Madison | 6/1/2022 | lisaclairemiller |
Swift Setwing | Warren | 7/2/2022 | shane5767 |
Swift Setwing | Morgan | 7/30/2022 | monicap273 |
Turquoise Bluet | Marion | 5/29/2022 | monicap273 |
Turquoise Bluet | Portage | 6/1/2022 | quddy |
Twin-spotted Spiketail | Medina | 5/17/2022 | dionysus240 |
Unicorn Clubtail | Belmont | 6/4/2022 | monicap273 |
Vesper Bluet | Darke | 5/29/2022 | coachwhipbooks |
Vesper Bluet | Carroll | 6/7/2022 | spidi |
Vesper Bluet | Perry | 6/28/2022 | mlski |
Vesper Bluet | Warren | 9/7/2022 | rasamoto |
Wandering Glider | Lawrence | 7/22/2022 | monicap273 |
Wandering Glider | Morgan | 8/3/2022 | heidi47 |
Wandering Glider | Belmont | 9/22/2022 | appalachiahowie |
Westfall's Slender Bluet | Harrison | 6/11/2022 | monicap273 |
Westfall's Slender Bluet | Auglaize | 6/18/2022 | jimlem |
Westfall's Slender Bluet | Meigs | 6/19/2022 | monicap273 |
Westfall's Slender Bluet | Ottawa | 7/5/2022 | jsully357 |
White-faced Meadowhawk | Clermont | 10/16/2022 | dmmeyers |
Comentários
Some of these must be random chance, an intermittently appearing species that benefitted from a higher level of observation, but others are probably indicative of species that are colonizing new areas. I’d seen a single Comet Darner in Woodbury in Coshocton County in 2021, but it was a very brief sighting and I didn’t get a photo. In 2022, I found a pair of them flying extended patterns over a different Woodbury pond—an area I’d visited in previous years, but not as frequently as my own property. I also checked in 2 observations on my own property, an area that has benefitted from relatively systematic observation since 2018. I’m much more confident that those 2 sightings are representative of something new, but it’s at least as likely the result of microhabitat change due to beaver activity as it is due to range expansion. I’d never observed Black Saddlebags in our Coshocton property until 2021, and in 2022, they were both breeding in and emerging from the w year old beaver pond.
How about Slaty Skimmer as a species that has been moving across Ohio? It would be interesting to animate the last 4 years of sightings for multiple species.
Hi Jay, observer numbers and days in the field are directly related to better data. Our Ohio Odonata Society data are not quantitative, and a little uneven, but each additional year of the recent good numbers are helpful in visualizing general trends. We are seeing increased numbers in "southern" species - those where the historical range is south of Ohio. Similarly, we are not seeing some "northern" species, or they are being reported in lower numbers. A while back I did an animation on Fragile Forktail to show our increase in observations, I could redo that process for some of the species with the most new County Records.
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