Dragonflies and damselfliesIn Hamilton County, Ohio

Stream Bluet

Enallagma exsulans (Hagen, 1861)

Stream Bluet in all of Ohio
Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans)
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Near Hamilton County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 18 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (57)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (0)
  • Recorded, season not shown (13)
  • Season shown (18)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
Stream Bluet by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Allen CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ashland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ashtabula County69 · Season shown
Athens CountyNo qualifying records yet
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yet
Belmont CountyNo qualifying records yet
Brown CountyNo qualifying records yet
Butler CountyNo qualifying records yet
Carroll CountyNo qualifying records yet
Champaign CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clark County22 · Season shown
Clermont County21 · Recorded, season not shown
Clinton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Columbiana CountyNo qualifying records yet
Coshocton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yet
Cuyahoga County65 · Season shown
Darke County34 · Season shown
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yet
Delaware CountyNo qualifying records yet
Erie County24 · Recorded, season not shown
Fairfield CountyNo qualifying records yet
Fayette County30 · Season shown
Franklin County272 · Season shown
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Gallia CountyNo qualifying records yet
Geauga County57 · Season shown
Greene County128 · Season shown
Guernsey CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hamilton County84 · Recorded, season not shown
Hancock County51 · Season shown
Hardin County34 · Recorded, season not shown
Harrison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Henry County32 · Season shown
Highland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hocking CountyNo qualifying records yet
Holmes CountyNo qualifying records yet
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Knox CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lake County71 · Season shown
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yet
Licking CountyNo qualifying records yet
Logan County44 · Recorded, season not shown
Lorain County25 · Recorded, season not shown
Lucas County143 · Season shown
Madison County45 · Recorded, season not shown
Mahoning County21 · Season shown
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yet
Medina CountyNo qualifying records yet
Meigs County25 · Recorded, season not shown
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yet
Miami County44 · Season shown
Monroe County25 · Season shown
Montgomery County87 · Season shown
Morgan CountyNo qualifying records yet
Morrow CountyNo qualifying records yet
Muskingum CountyNo qualifying records yet
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ottawa CountyNo qualifying records yet
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yet
Perry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Pickaway CountyNo qualifying records yet
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yet
Portage County20 · Season shown
Preble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yet
Richland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ross CountyNo qualifying records yet
Sandusky CountyNo qualifying records yet
Scioto CountyNo qualifying records yet
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yet
Shelby County21 · Season shown
Stark County131 · Recorded, season not shown
Summit County82 · Recorded, season not shown
Trumbull County36 · Recorded, season not shown
Tuscarawas CountyNo qualifying records yet
Union CountyNo qualifying records yet
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yet
Vinton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Warren CountyNo qualifying records yet
Washington CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wayne CountyNo qualifying records yet
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wood County27 · Recorded, season not shown
Wyandot County49 · 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 Hamilton County

Late May to early July, middle week mid-June, and again late July to early October, middle week late August

Recorded in two separate seasons, each shown with its own early, middle and late weeks.

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Recording in Hamilton County · records of all species each week, 87,019 in all

Records per week from 84 records in 9 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 Stream Bluet in Hamilton County each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Stream BluetYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–1000392
Jan 11–1700344
Jan 18–2400312
Jan 25–3100206
Feb 1–700357
Feb 8–1400383
Feb 15–2100366
Feb 22–2800391
Mar 1–700551
Mar 8–1400523
Mar 15–2100750
Mar 22–28001,012
Mar 29 – Apr 4001,535
Apr 5–11001,960
Apr 12–18002,492
Apr 19–25002,403
Apr 26 – May 2003,783
May 3–9003,307
May 10–16002,059
May 17–23002,153
May 24–30002,390
May 31 – Jun 6842,648
Jun 7–13542,715
Jun 14–201342,695
Jun 21–27832,714
Jun 28 – Jul 4823,220
Jul 5–11222,980
Jul 12–18223,031
Jul 19–25112,961
Jul 26 – Aug 1312,795
Aug 2–8002,884
Aug 9–15612,696
Aug 16–22112,535
Aug 23–29642,536
Aug 30 – Sep 5832,606
Sep 6–12312,980
Sep 13–19312,959
Sep 20–26212,313
Sep 27 – Oct 3212,122
Oct 4–10211,828
Oct 11–17111,793
Oct 18–24001,338
Oct 25–31001,023
Nov 1–700676
Nov 8–1400593
Nov 15–2100384
Nov 22–2800496
Nov 29 – Dec 500356
Dec 6–1200478
Dec 13–1900285
Dec 20–2600322
Dec 27 – Jan 200388

Reported as an adult

Only 3 records here are marked as adults, too few to show a adult season. 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

Late May to late August, middle week Jul 5–11

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

Records per week from 3,860 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.

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Records of Stream Bluet in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Stream BluetYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10006,211
Jan 11–17005,146
Jan 18–24004,645
Jan 25–31004,698
Feb 1–7006,023
Feb 8–14005,888
Feb 15–21005,436
Feb 22–28006,846
Mar 1–7008,321
Mar 8–140010,384
Mar 15–210012,620
Mar 22–280013,949
Mar 29 – Apr 40019,661
Apr 5–110026,860
Apr 12–180039,925
Apr 19–250041,623
Apr 26 – May 20056,391
May 3–91152,952
May 10–160053,785
May 17–2328557,698
May 24–3076854,651
May 31 – Jun 62211053,099
Jun 7–133081053,700
Jun 14–203641056,625
Jun 21–274111055,361
Jun 28 – Jul 44701058,477
Jul 5–113941061,336
Jul 12–183401064,722
Jul 19–252641069,753
Jul 26 – Aug 12441059,416
Aug 2–8196959,712
Aug 9–15153955,994
Aug 16–22109854,328
Aug 23–29921051,772
Aug 30 – Sep 563957,167
Sep 6–1261759,075
Sep 13–1924754,543
Sep 20–2612445,860
Sep 27 – Oct 310443,180
Oct 4–1015637,841
Oct 11–173230,824
Oct 18–241121,156
Oct 25–310019,021
Nov 1–70014,172
Nov 8–140012,621
Nov 15–21007,965
Nov 22–28008,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5006,083
Dec 6–12006,004
Dec 13–19005,423
Dec 20–26005,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2008,459

Reported as an adult

Usually reported as an adult late May to late August, middle week Jul 5–11.

From 328 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.

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • Skimming Bluet Enallagma geminatum35 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Orange Bluet Enallagma signatum25 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Eastern Forktail Ischnura verticalis24 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Slender Bluet Enallagma traviatum23 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Turquoise Bluet Enallagma divagans22 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

  1. Jan: no record
  2. Feb: no record
  3. Mar: no record
  4. Apr: no record
  5. May: recorded
  6. Jun: recorded
  7. Jul: recorded
  8. Aug: recorded
  9. Sep: recorded
  10. Oct: recorded
  11. Nov: no record
  12. Dec: no record

Not reported in Ohio in November to April, 2016 to 2025.

Times of day, land cover and photos from records are not shown for species whose locations are protected.

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
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Records behind the Ohio result

3,860 records from 2 datasets.

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

Links to individual records are not shown for this species, to protect the places it is recorded.