2019 Progress so far!

With all of the rain this year, we are doing surprisingly well and yet still have time for office work. Jim Lemon has taken the time to sort through the data yet again! Below is an excerpt from Jim’s extractions. “Here’s a map from the iNaturalist Ohio Dragonfly Survey Project showing the 2019 Research Grade observations per county. This is as of 6AM 6/13 (and now out of date).

The darker the color, the more observations. The specific ranges are keyed on the map.

There a still 5 counties with no observations yet, and 12 with fewer than 10 observations.

Franklin Co is the runaway leader with 439, almost double the next two – Gallia, Jackson (which benefited from the Dragonfly Conference attention).

Here are the numbers:

Franklin 439

Gallia 253

Jackson 241

Summit 207

Lorain 205

Hamilto 202

Champai 187

Lucas 144

Hancock 129

Coshoct 116

Geauga 108

Montgo 107

Madison 101

Medina 95

Lake 92

Fayette 86

Washing 78

Musking 73

Clermon 70

Delawar 69

Cuyahog 68

Fairfie 66

Greene 66

Pickawa 64

Clark 61

Meigs 60

Logan 58

Wyandot 55

Miami 53

Brown 52

Stark 52

Portage 49

Clinton 48

Athens 45

Ashtabu 44

Guernse 42

Crawfor 37

Highlan 34

Mahonin 34

Pike 33

Adams 32

William 32

Butler 31

Defianc 30

Seneca 30

Darke 28

Warren 28

Allen 27

Harriso 26

Preble 26

Auglaiz 25

Hocking 24

Trumbul 23

Wayne 23

Licking 21

Ross 21

Marion 20

Pauldin 20

Union 19

Morgan 18

Perry 18

Shelby 18

Hardin 15

Mercer 15

Wood 15

Vinton 14

Scioto 13

Henry 11

Knox 11

Morrow 10

Ottawa 10

Sandusk 9

Carroll 8

Erie 8

Fulton 8

Lawrenc 8

Monroe 8

Noble 7

Holmes 6

Putnam 6

Columbi 5

Richlan 4

Belmont 1

Van Wer 0

Ashland 0

Huron 0

Tuscara 0

Jeffers 0″

So, that means that as of June 13th (admittedly a week ago as of this writing), we have several counties that need attention. Some people have already taken the initiative to visit those areas to get records for this year, but most of them still need dragon records if the weather will cooperate.

Note that the map is about a week out of date at this point, but it will still give you some pointers. Also note that if you are in an area with lots of observations, we still want your observations! Plus, different species fly at different times of the year, so we expect to start seeing our mid-summer species now and in August our fall species.

Make sure to submit your records to iNaturalist by December 1st, 2019 if you aren’t submitting them as you go along through the summer. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to MaLisa or your regional coordinator. Let’s make this a great year!

-MaLisa