Dragonflies and damselfliesIn Lorain County, Ohio

Powdered Dancer

Argia moesta (Hagen, 1861)

Powdered Dancer in all of Ohio

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

Near Lorain County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 11 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

No result yet (8)
Recorded, too few records for a result (52)
Recorded, season not shown (17)
Season shown (11)

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

Counties as a table

Powdered Dancer by Ohio county: records and mapped range
County	Records
Adams County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Allen County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Ashland County	31 · Recorded, season not shown
Ashtabula County	196 · Recorded, season not shown
Athens County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Auglaize County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Belmont County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Brown County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Butler County	29 · Recorded, season not shown
Carroll County	No qualifying records yet
Champaign County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Clark County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Clermont County	37 · Recorded, season not shown
Clinton County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Columbiana County	20 · Season shown
Coshocton County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Crawford County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Cuyahoga County	56 · Season shown
Darke County	22 · Season shown
Defiance County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Delaware County	43 · Recorded, season not shown
Erie County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Fairfield County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Fayette County	23 · Season shown
Franklin County	414 · Season shown
Fulton County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Gallia County	No qualifying records yet
Geauga County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Greene County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Guernsey County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Hamilton County	99 · Recorded, season not shown
Hancock County	28 · Season shown
Hardin County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Harrison County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Henry County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Highland County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Hocking County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Holmes County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Huron County	21 · Season shown
Jackson County	No qualifying records yet
Jefferson County	25 · Recorded, season not shown
Knox County	33 · Recorded, season not shown
Lake County	156 · Season shown
Lawrence County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Licking County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Logan County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Lorain County	56 · Recorded, season not shown
Lucas County	108 · Recorded, season not shown
Madison County	22 · Recorded, season not shown
Mahoning County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Marion County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Medina County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Meigs County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Mercer County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Miami County	45 · Recorded, season not shown
Monroe County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Montgomery County	61 · Recorded, season not shown
Morgan County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Morrow County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Muskingum County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Noble County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Ottawa County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Paulding County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Perry County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Pickaway County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Pike County	No qualifying records yet
Portage County	24 · Recorded, season not shown
Preble County	No qualifying records yet
Putnam County	28 · Recorded, season not shown
Richland County	No qualifying records yet
Ross County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Sandusky County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Scioto County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Seneca County	30 · Recorded, season not shown
Shelby County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Stark County	38 · Recorded, season not shown
Summit County	47 · Season shown
Trumbull County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Tuscarawas County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Union County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Van Wert County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Vinton County	No qualifying records yet
Warren County	27 · Season shown
Washington County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Wayne County	Recorded, too few records for a result
Williams County	No qualifying records yet
Wood County	44 · Season shown
Wyandot County	Recorded, too few records for a result

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

Season

When it is recorded

In Lorain County

Not enough evidence

Recorded in two separate seasons, so one season would put its middle week in the gap. Based on 56 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 Lorain County · records of all species each week, 26,475 in all

Records per week from 56 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 Powdered Dancer in Lorain County each week, and records of all species
Week	Records of Powdered Dancer	Years recorded	Records of all species
Jan 4–10	0	0	193
Jan 11–17	0	0	115
Jan 18–24	0	0	75
Jan 25–31	0	0	59
Feb 1–7	0	0	101
Feb 8–14	0	0	99
Feb 15–21	0	0	84
Feb 22–28	0	0	49
Mar 1–7	0	0	114
Mar 8–14	0	0	103
Mar 15–21	0	0	258
Mar 22–28	0	0	139
Mar 29 – Apr 4	0	0	228
Apr 5–11	0	0	376
Apr 12–18	0	0	561
Apr 19–25	0	0	560
Apr 26 – May 2	0	0	1,122
May 3–9	0	0	824
May 10–16	0	0	793
May 17–23	0	0	901
May 24–30	0	0	886
May 31 – Jun 6	0	0	771
Jun 7–13	2	1	797
Jun 14–20	6	2	1,124
Jun 21–27	21	3	954
Jun 28 – Jul 4	5	2	770
Jul 5–11	1	1	973
Jul 12–18	3	2	957
Jul 19–25	5	2	1,240
Jul 26 – Aug 1	0	0	912
Aug 2–8	1	1	907
Aug 9–15	2	2	769
Aug 16–22	2	2	768
Aug 23–29	1	1	788
Aug 30 – Sep 5	4	1	959
Sep 6–12	3	1	907
Sep 13–19	0	0	817
Sep 20–26	0	0	745
Sep 27 – Oct 3	0	0	508
Oct 4–10	0	0	597
Oct 11–17	0	0	343
Oct 18–24	0	0	426
Oct 25–31	0	0	297
Nov 1–7	0	0	278
Nov 8–14	0	0	210
Nov 15–21	0	0	121
Nov 22–28	0	0	100
Nov 29 – Dec 5	0	0	118
Dec 6–12	0	0	60
Dec 13–19	0	0	224
Dec 20–26	0	0	187
Dec 27 – Jan 2	0	0	208

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

Late May to early September, middle week Jul 12–18

Middle week · Jul 12–18

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 3,433 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 780 dates. Latest record: October 2025.

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Records of Powdered Dancer in Ohio each week, and records of all species
Week	Records of Powdered Dancer	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	0	0	26,860
Apr 12–18	0	0	39,925
Apr 19–25	0	0	41,623
Apr 26 – May 2	0	0	56,391
May 3–9	0	0	52,952
May 10–16	0	0	53,785
May 17–23	10	2	57,698
May 24–30	46	5	54,651
May 31 – Jun 6	145	10	53,099
Jun 7–13	213	10	53,700
Jun 14–20	271	10	56,625
Jun 21–27	377	10	55,361
Jun 28 – Jul 4	339	10	58,477
Jul 5–11	272	9	61,336
Jul 12–18	317	10	64,722
Jul 19–25	257	10	69,753
Jul 26 – Aug 1	238	10	59,416
Aug 2–8	234	10	59,712
Aug 9–15	214	10	55,994
Aug 16–22	129	9	54,328
Aug 23–29	78	9	51,772
Aug 30 – Sep 5	101	9	57,167
Sep 6–12	82	8	59,075
Sep 13–19	61	7	54,543
Sep 20–26	25	7	45,860
Sep 27 – Oct 3	14	8	43,180
Oct 4–10	6	4	37,841
Oct 11–17	4	3	30,824
Oct 18–24	0	0	21,156
Oct 25–31	0	0	19,021
Nov 1–7	0	0	14,172
Nov 8–14	0	0	12,621
Nov 15–21	0	0	7,965
Nov 22–28	0	0	8,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5	0	0	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 late May to early September, middle week Jul 12–18.

From 341 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 Argia recorded in Lorain County

Blue-fronted DancerArgia apicalis Blue-tipped DancerArgia tibialis Variable DancerArgia fumipennis

Identification

How to identify it

Look-alikes

When

Land cover

Often confused with

Blue-fronted Dancer Argia apicalisOften confused in Ohio: 74 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
Blue-tipped Dancer Argia tibialisOften confused in Ohio: 34 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
Dusky Dancer Argia translata115 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
Variable Dancer Argia fumipennis80 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula43 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: no record
May: recorded
Jun: recorded
Jul: recorded
Aug: recorded
Sep: recorded
Oct: recorded
Nov: no record
Dec: no record

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

Land cover where it is recorded

Land cover	Its recordsAll Ohio records
Forest	38%31%
Developed	31%49%
Open water	11%3%
Wetland	10%5%
Farmland	6%11%
Grassland and shrub	4%0.9%
Barren	0.5%0.6%

From 1,267 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
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Records behind the Ohio result

3,433 records from 2 datasets.

iNaturalist Research-grade Observations (opens in a new tab) · iNaturalist.org · 3,363 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 · 70 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.