Dragonflies and damselfliesIn Belmont County, Ohio

Fragile Forktail

Ischnura posita (Hagen, 1861)

Fragile Forktail in all of Ohio

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Ischnura

Near Belmont County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 15 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

No result yet (0)
Recorded, too few records for a result (15)
Recorded, season not shown (58)
Season shown (15)

Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table

Counties as a table

Fragile Forktail by Ohio county: records and mapped range
County	Records
Adams County	29 · Season shown
Allen County	33 · Recorded, season not shown
Ashland County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Ashtabula County	159 · Recorded, season not shown
Athens County	101 · Recorded, season not shown
Auglaize County	22 · Recorded, season not shown
Belmont County	51 · Recorded, season not shown
Brown County	36 · Recorded, season not shown
Butler County	39 · Recorded, season not shown
Carroll County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Champaign County	191 · Recorded, season not shown
Clark County	117 · Season shown
Clermont County	68 · Recorded, season not shown
Clinton County	43 · Recorded, season not shown
Columbiana County	42 · Recorded, season not shown
Coshocton County	95 · Recorded, season not shown
Crawford County	38 · Recorded, season not shown
Cuyahoga County	275 · Season shown
Darke County	40 · Recorded, season not shown
Defiance County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Delaware County	49 · Recorded, season not shown
Erie County	66 · Season shown
Fairfield County	52 · Recorded, season not shown
Fayette County	42 · Recorded, season not shown
Franklin County	536 · Recorded, season not shown
Fulton County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Gallia County	61 · Recorded, season not shown
Geauga County	162 · Recorded, season not shown
Greene County	359 · Season shown
Guernsey County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Hamilton County	81 · Season shown
Hancock County	24 · Recorded, season not shown
Hardin County	46 · Recorded, season not shown
Harrison County	38 · Season shown
Henry County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Highland County	29 · Recorded, season not shown
Hocking County	31 · Season shown
Holmes County	55 · Season shown
Huron County	66 · Recorded, season not shown
Jackson County	58 · Recorded, season not shown
Jefferson County	46 · Recorded, season not shown
Knox County	53 · Recorded, season not shown
Lake County	148 · Season shown
Lawrence County	42 · Season shown
Licking County	191 · Season shown
Logan County	204 · Recorded, season not shown
Lorain County	211 · Recorded, season not shown
Lucas County	273 · Season shown
Madison County	112 · Recorded, season not shown
Mahoning County	25 · Recorded, season not shown
Marion County	53 · Recorded, season not shown
Medina County	83 · Recorded, season not shown
Meigs County	56 · Recorded, season not shown
Mercer County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Miami County	42 · Recorded, season not shown
Monroe County	32 · Recorded, season not shown
Montgomery County	111 · Recorded, season not shown
Morgan County	53 · Recorded, season not shown
Morrow County	59 · Recorded, season not shown
Muskingum County	36 · Recorded, season not shown
Noble County	31 · Recorded, season not shown
Ottawa County	58 · Recorded, season not shown
Paulding County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Perry County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Pickaway County	42 · Recorded, season not shown
Pike County	29 · Recorded, season not shown
Portage County	92 · Recorded, season not shown
Preble County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Putnam County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Richland County	44 · Recorded, season not shown
Ross County	23 · Recorded, season not shown
Sandusky County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Scioto County	47 · Season shown
Seneca County	49 · Recorded, season not shown
Shelby County	61 · Recorded, season not shown
Stark County	144 · Recorded, season not shown
Summit County	284 · Recorded, season not shown
Trumbull County	52 · Recorded, season not shown
Tuscarawas County	62 · Recorded, season not shown
Union County	32 · Season shown
Van Wert County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Vinton County	45 · Recorded, season not shown
Warren County	113 · Recorded, season not shown
Washington County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Wayne County	94 · Recorded, season not shown
Williams County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Wood County	25 · Recorded, season not shown
Wyandot County	46 · Recorded, season not shown

No mapped range from the range source used, the USGS Gap Analysis Project, which maps land vertebrates only.

Season

When it is recorded

In Belmont County

Not enough evidence

Most records come from a single year, so a season is not shown yet. Based on 51 records in 7 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.

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Recording in Belmont County · records of all species each week, 2,624 in all

Records per week from 51 records in 7 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Fragile Forktail in Belmont County each week, and records of all species
Week	Records of Fragile Forktail	Years recorded	Records of all species
Jan 4–10	0	0	1
Jan 11–17	0	0	5
Jan 18–24	0	0	1
Jan 25–31	0	0	2
Feb 1–7	0	0	5
Feb 8–14	0	0	1
Feb 15–21	0	0	10
Feb 22–28	0	0	7
Mar 1–7	0	0	20
Mar 8–14	0	0	8
Mar 15–21	0	0	20
Mar 22–28	0	0	9
Mar 29 – Apr 4	0	0	36
Apr 5–11	0	0	27
Apr 12–18	0	0	26
Apr 19–25	0	0	76
Apr 26 – May 2	0	0	76
May 3–9	0	0	113
May 10–16	0	0	65
May 17–23	3	1	67
May 24–30	2	1	128
May 31 – Jun 6	2	1	86
Jun 7–13	4	1	134
Jun 14–20	0	0	36
Jun 21–27	2	1	128
Jun 28 – Jul 4	0	0	47
Jul 5–11	5	2	171
Jul 12–18	0	0	106
Jul 19–25	0	0	79
Jul 26 – Aug 1	0	0	194
Aug 2–8	30	2	223
Aug 9–15	0	0	70
Aug 16–22	3	1	89
Aug 23–29	0	0	45
Aug 30 – Sep 5	0	0	48
Sep 6–12	0	0	89
Sep 13–19	0	0	31
Sep 20–26	0	0	53
Sep 27 – Oct 3	0	0	28
Oct 4–10	0	0	32
Oct 11–17	0	0	19
Oct 18–24	0	0	24
Oct 25–31	0	0	13
Nov 1–7	0	0	9
Nov 8–14	0	0	69
Nov 15–21	0	0	5
Nov 22–28	0	0	32
Nov 29 – Dec 5	0	0	13
Dec 6–12	0	0	4
Dec 13–19	0	0	13
Dec 20–26	0	0	13
Dec 27 – Jan 2	0	0	18

Reported as an adult

No records here are marked as adults yet, so there is no adult season to show. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

Reported as a larva

No records here are marked as larvae yet, so there is no larva season to show. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

In Ohio

Early May to mid-September, middle week Jun 28 – Jul 4

Middle week · Jun 28 – Jul 4

This week · Nov 8–14

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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 9,908 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not how common it is. The grey bars show how many records of all species were made here each week, so you can see when recording itself was high or low; the season is not adjusted by them.

Recorded on 1,450 dates. Latest record: October 2025.

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Records of Fragile Forktail in Ohio each week, and records of all species
Week	Records of Fragile Forktail	Years recorded	Records of all species
Jan 4–10	0	0	6,211
Jan 11–17	0	0	5,146
Jan 18–24	0	0	4,645
Jan 25–31	0	0	4,698
Feb 1–7	0	0	6,023
Feb 8–14	0	0	5,888
Feb 15–21	0	0	5,436
Feb 22–28	0	0	6,846
Mar 1–7	0	0	8,321
Mar 8–14	0	0	10,384
Mar 15–21	0	0	12,620
Mar 22–28	0	0	13,949
Mar 29 – Apr 4	0	0	19,661
Apr 5–11	4	2	26,860
Apr 12–18	35	6	39,925
Apr 19–25	143	8	41,623
Apr 26 – May 2	259	10	56,391
May 3–9	340	10	52,952
May 10–16	488	10	53,785
May 17–23	760	10	57,698
May 24–30	659	10	54,651
May 31 – Jun 6	560	10	53,099
Jun 7–13	496	10	53,700
Jun 14–20	482	10	56,625
Jun 21–27	381	10	55,361
Jun 28 – Jul 4	375	10	58,477
Jul 5–11	326	10	61,336
Jul 12–18	442	10	64,722
Jul 19–25	378	10	69,753
Jul 26 – Aug 1	463	10	59,416
Aug 2–8	373	10	59,712
Aug 9–15	449	10	55,994
Aug 16–22	434	10	54,328
Aug 23–29	355	10	51,772
Aug 30 – Sep 5	398	10	57,167
Sep 6–12	310	10	59,075
Sep 13–19	326	9	54,543
Sep 20–26	234	10	45,860
Sep 27 – Oct 3	160	9	43,180
Oct 4–10	159	10	37,841
Oct 11–17	65	8	30,824
Oct 18–24	26	8	21,156
Oct 25–31	19	6	19,021
Nov 1–7	4	3	14,172
Nov 8–14	4	3	12,621
Nov 15–21	0	0	7,965
Nov 22–28	0	0	8,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5	1	1	6,083
Dec 6–12	0	0	6,004
Dec 13–19	0	0	5,423
Dec 20–26	0	0	5,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2	0	0	8,459

Reported as an adult

Usually reported as an adult early May to mid-September, middle week Jun 21–27.

From 675 records that are marked as adults. Not every photo is marked with a life stage, so this shows when people reported it as an adult, not when adults are about.

Reported as a larva

No records here are marked as larvae yet, so there is no larva season to show. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Relatives

In the same genus

Other Ischnura recorded in Belmont County

Eastern ForktailIschnura verticalis

Identification

How to identify it

Look-alikes

When

Land cover

Often confused with

Eastern Forktail Ischnura verticalisOften confused in Ohio: 244 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata44 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
Variable Dancer Argia fumipennis32 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
Blue-tipped Dancer Argia tibialis27 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile24 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Months not reported

Jan: no record
Feb: no record
Mar: no record
Apr: recorded
May: recorded
Jun: recorded
Jul: recorded
Aug: recorded
Sep: recorded
Oct: recorded
Nov: recorded
Dec: no record

Not reported in Ohio in December to March, 2016 to 2025.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land cover	Its recordsAll Ohio records
Developed	34%49%
Forest	26%31%
Wetland	15%5%
Farmland	14%11%
Open water	8%3%
Grassland and shrub	3%0.9%
Barren	0.9%0.6%

From 3,269 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
See it on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)OpenPhenology is independent and not affiliated with iNaturalist.

Records behind the Ohio result

9,908 records from 2 datasets.

iNaturalist Research-grade Observations (opens in a new tab) · iNaturalist.org · 9,749 recordsiNaturalist contributors, iNaturalist (2026). iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. iNaturalist.org. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ab3s5x accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-11-13.
iNaturalist observations (opens in a new tab) · iNaturalist.org · 159 recordsiNaturalist. Available from https://www.inaturalist.org. Accessed 2026-11-13

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.