January 2 Update - 2022 Numbers and Comparison to 2021
Species Data reported for 2022
| The most observed Species (over 1,000). | |
|---|---|
| Blue Dasher | 2,490 |
| Eastern Pondhawk | 2,475 |
| Eastern Forktail | 2,293 |
| Fragile Forktail | 1,922 |
| Common Whitetail | 1,757 |
| Widow Skimmer | 1,606 |
| Eastern Amberwing | 1,591 |
| Autumn Meadowhawk | 1,351 |
| Violet Dancer | 1,123 |
| Ebony Jewelwing | 1,121 |
| These are the same species as 2021, but added the last two as new with over 1000. Dasher and Pondhawk both had 700+ more than 2021. All on this list had more observations in 2022 than 2021. |
| Species in the Most Counties (over 75). | |
|---|---|
| Blue Dasher | 88 |
| Eastern Pondhawk | 88 |
| Eastern Forktail | 88 |
| Fragile Forktail | 88 |
| Common Whitetail | 88 |
| Widow Skimmer | 88 |
| Eastern Amberwing | 88 |
| Blue-fronted Dancer | 80 |
| Familiar Bluet | 78 |
| Ebony Jewelwing | 77 |
| Violet Dancer | 77 |
| Prince Baskettail | 76 |
| 7 species in 2021 had over 75 counties, these 7 all had 88 counties in 2022. The other 5 species had big years in 2022. |
| Species with Most Observers (over 200). | |
|---|---|
| Common Whitetail | 292 |
| Ebony Jewelwing | 291 |
| Blue Dasher | 279 |
| Eastern Pondhawk | 259 |
| Widow Skimmer | 231 |
| Ebony Jewelwing and Common Whitetail switched spots for 2022 as Whitetail observer count dropped by over 30. Edit - late records put Common Whitetail back on top by one. |
County data reported for 2022
| Counties with Most Observations (over 1,000). | |
|---|---|
| Lucas | 3,012 |
| Stark | 2,755 |
| Ashtabula | 2,374 |
| Franklin | 2,341 |
| Coshocton | 1,409 |
| Champaign | 1,283 |
| Montgomery | 1,211 |
| Summit | 1,122 |
| All the 2021 counties with more than 1,000 observations repeated in 2022, along with the addition of Champaign Co. All on the list had more observations than 2021. Stark Co nearly doubled, Lucas Co added over 1,000. |
| Counties with Most Species (over 70). | |
|---|---|
| Montgomery | 79 |
| Lucas | 76 |
| Portage | 76 |
| Stark | 76 |
| Summit | 73 |
| This is the same number of counties as we saw in 2021. Geauga was top in 2021 with 78, Lake also dropped from 71. Portage and Summit Counties are new to this list for 2022. |
| Counties with Most Observers (over 70). | |
|---|---|
| Franklin | 117 |
| Summit | 110 |
| Cuyahoga | 98 |
| Lucas | 74 |
| Franklin had 20 fewer than 2021, but still was the top. Summit was exactly the same, Hamilton dropped off this list. |
Comentarios
Hi. Thank you for all this great info. Forgive me if I am missing it, but do you know the total number of RG Observations for 2022 and the total number of Observers? Thanks. -Marty
Hi Marty - 35,509 research grade observations from 1034 contributors. This and more details are in the previous blog entry (Dec 31)
Thank you very much. I added those to a chart I keep (for presentations). The original survey years were supposed to be 2017-19, right? Is there an end in sight with this current extension or is it open ended? Thank you.
Hi Marty, the "official" Ohio Dragonfly Survey was for the three year period 2017-19. We have been able to continue the project given the on-going interest of contributors and curators. As long as the observations come in and I'm willing to integrate the iNat data with the Ohio Odonata Society database, it's open-ended.
Thank you.
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