Ohio Damselfly Species Checklist
Ohio has ~51 species of damselflies (Zygoptera). This is a statewide species checklist to encourage observations of damselflies for the Ohio Dragonfly Survey. Please submit photo observations to iNaturalist.org. More information can be found on our survey website at u.osu.edu/ohioodonatasurvey/
Broad Winged Damselflies (Calopterygidae) 1 Appalachian Jewelwing Calopteryx angustipennis 2 River Jewelwing Calopteryx aequabilis State Endangered 3 Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata 4 American Rubyspot Hetaerina americana 5 Smoky Rubyspot Hetaerina titia Pond Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) 6 Eastern Red Damsel Amphiagrion saucium 7 Blue-fronted Dancer Argia apicalis 8 Seepage Dancer Argia bipunctulata State Endangered 9 Powdered Dancer Argia moesta 10 Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula 11 Blue-tipped Dancer Argia tibialis 12 Dusky Dancer Argia translata 13 Violet Dancer Argia fumipennis violacea 14 Aurora Damsel Chromagrion conditum 15 Taiga Bluet Coenagrion resolutum 16 Turquoise Bluet Enallagma divagans 17 Hagen's Bluet Enallagma hageni 18 Boreal Bluet Enallagma boreale State Threatened 19 Northern Bluet Enallagma annexum State Threatened 20 Skimming Bluet Enallagma geminatum 21 Orange Bluet Enallagma signatum 22 Vesper Bluet Enallagma vesperum 23 Marsh Bluet Enallagma ebrium State Threatened 24 Stream Bluet Enallagma exsulans 25 Rainbow Bluet Enallagma antennatum 26 Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum 27 Atlantic Bluet Enallagma doubledayi
1 28 Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile 29 Double-striped Bluet Enallagma basidens 30 Azure Bluet Enallagma aspersum 31 River Bluet Enallagma anna 32 Western Slender Bluet Enallagma traviatum westfalli 33 Furtive Forktail Ischnura prognata 34 Fragile Forktail Ischnura posita 35 Lilypad Forktail Ischnura kellicotti State Endangered 36 Eastern Forktail Ischnura verticalis 37 Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata 38 Rambur's Forktail Ischnura ramburii 39 Sphagnum Sprite Nehalennia gracilis 40 Sedge Sprite Nehalennia irene Spreadwings (Lestidae) 41 Great Spreadwing Archilestes grandis 42 Elegant Spreadwing Lestes inaequalis 43 Amber-winged Spreadwing Lestes eurinus 44 Spotted Spreadwing Lestes congener 45 Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Lestes unguiculatus 46 Sweetflag Spreadwing Lestes forcipatus 47 Slender Spreadwing Lestes rectangularis 48 Emerald Spreadwing Lestes dryas 49 Swamp Spreadwing Lestes vigilax 50 Northern Spreadwing Lestes disjunctus 51 Southern Spreadwing Lestes australis
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