Dragonflies and Damselflies of Medina County Park District

A guide to Odonata species found throughout Medina County, Ohio recorded through iNaturalist as of August 2018.

All 52

Widow Skimmer ¹
Libellula luctuosa

Blue-fronted Dancer ²
Argia apicalis

Halloween Pennant ³
Celithemis eponina

Vesper Bluet ⁴
Enallagma vesperum

Spot-winged Glider ⁵
Pantala hymenaea

Black Saddlebags ⁶
Tramea lacerata

Blue Dasher ⁶
Pachydiplax longipennis

Eastern Amberwing ⁷
Perithemis tenera

Eastern Pondhawk ⁷
Erythemis simplicicollis

Calico Pennant ⁸
Celithemis elisa

Shadow Darner ⁹
Aeshna umbrosa

Common Green Darner ¹⁰
Anax junius

Autumn Meadowhawk ¹⁰
Sympetrum vicinum

Carolina Saddlebags ¹¹
Tramea carolina

Twelve-spotted Skimmer ¹²
Libellula pulchella

Ebony Jewelwing ¹³
Calopteryx maculata

Common Whitetail ¹⁴
Plathemis lydia

Eastern Forktail ⁹
Ischnura verticalis

Comet Darner ¹⁵
Anax longipes

Variable Dancer
Argia fumipennis

Blue-ringed Dancer ⁶
Argia sedula

Blue-tipped Dancer ¹⁰
Argia tibialis

Unicorn Clubtail ¹⁶
Arigomphus villosipes

Fawn Darner ¹⁷
Boyeria vinosa

Azure Bluet ¹⁸
Enallagma aspersum

Double-striped Bluet ¹⁹
Enallagma basidens

Familiar Bluet ²⁰
Enallagma civile

Stream Bluet ²
Enallagma exsulans

Skimming Bluet ²¹
Enallagma geminatum

Orange Bluet ²²
Enallagma signatum

Slender Bluet ¹¹
Enallagma traviatum

Common Baskettail ¹⁸
Epitheca cynosura

Prince Baskettail ²³
Epitheca princeps

Fragile Forktail
Ischnura posita

Spotted Spreadwing ²⁴
Lestes congener

Emerald Spreadwing ²⁴
Lestes dryas

Elegant Spreadwing ²⁵
Lestes inaequalis

Slender Spreadwing ⁸
Lestes rectangularis

Dot-tailed Whiteface ²⁶
Leucorrhinia intacta

Slaty Skimmer ²⁷
Libellula incesta

Painted Skimmer ²⁸
Libellula semifasciata

Great Blue Skimmer ²⁹
Libellula vibrans

Wandering Glider ⁶
Pantala flavescens

Mocha Emerald ³⁰
Somatochlora linearis

Ruby Meadowhawk ⁹
Sympetrum rubicundulum

Band-winged Meadowhawk ²⁴
Sympetrum semicinctum

Violet Dancer ¹⁰
Argia fumipennis violacea

Westfall's Slender Bluet ³¹
Enallagma traviatum westfalli

Lancet Clubtail ¹¹
Phanogomphus exilis

Red Saddlebags ³²
Tramea onusta

Blue-tipped Dancer ¹⁰
Argia tibialis

Lilypad Forktail ⁶
Ischnura kellicotti

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