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Lucas County

Ecoregion: Southern Great Lakes forests

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests. Ecoregions: RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al. 2017) (opens in a new tab), CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab)

Watersheds: Cedar-Portage, Lake Erie, Lower Maumee and Ottawa-Stony

Parks: Maumee Bay State Park, Metroparks Toledo and Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge

City and suburbs: Toledo

Land cover: developed 53%, farmland 31%, forest 11%, wetland 5%

Water covers 43% of the county.

Elevation: 330 to 730 ft, mostly around 640 ft (102–221 m)

Land cover as shares of the land area. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab). Elevation: USGS 3D Elevation Program (opens in a new tab)

Warmth so far: Not available yet.

species with a result
605
records, 2016 to 2025
60,335
This week near Lucas County

Lucas County at a glance

Darker weeks have more of a group's species recorded. Shows when people recorded them, not how common they are.

Amphibians 7
Bees, wasps and ants 27
Beetles 23
Birds 171
Butterflies and moths 60
Conifers and relatives 1
Dragonflies and damselflies 64
Ferns and clubmosses 5
Fishes 4
Flies 20
Flowering plants 157
Fungi 6
Grasshoppers and crickets 5
Mammals 11
Other animals 1
Other arachnids 1
Reptiles 10
Spiders 22
True bugs 10
Recording in Lucas County · records of all species each week, 60,335 in all

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.

Every species recorded here

674 species

Amphibians 7

Eastern Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)Eastern Red-backed SalamanderPlethodon cinereusPhoto © Ty Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0Late March to late October, middle week Apr 26 – May 241 recordsGreen frog (Aquarana clamitans)Green frogAquarana clamitansPhoto © suburbirder · CC BY-NC 4.0Late April to early September, middle week May 17–2365 recordsAmerican Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)American ToadAnaxyrus americanusPhoto © Alex Shure · CC BY-NC 4.0Mid-April to mid-September, middle week Jun 28 – Jul 4115 recordsGray Treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor)Gray TreefrogDryophytes versicolorPhoto © Todd Pierson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Late April to late August, middle week Jul 12–1830 recordsNorthern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens)Northern Leopard FrogLithobates pipiensPhoto © Hannah Floyd · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: recorded in two separate seasons116 recordsSpring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)Spring PeeperPseudacris cruciferPhoto © Jerry Cannon · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: the weeks are still too uncertain25 recordsWestern Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)Western Chorus FrogPseudacris triseriataPhoto © Rob Van Epps · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: the weeks are still too uncertain22 records

Bees, wasps and ants 27

Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp (Sphecius speciosus)Eastern Cicada-killer WaspSphecius speciosusPhoto © Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0Mid-July to late August, middle week Jul 26 – Aug 140 recordsGreat Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)Great Golden Digger WaspSphex ichneumoneusPhoto © krancmm · CC BY-NC 4.0Early July to late August, middle week Aug 2–845 recordsYellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron caementarium)Yellow-legged Mud-dauber WaspSceliphron caementariumPhoto © Celeste · CC BY-NC 4.0Late June to mid-September, middle week Aug 2–830 recordsFour-banded Stink Bug Wasp (Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus)Four-banded Stink Bug WaspBicyrtes quadrifasciatusPhoto © brian stahls · CC BY-NC 4.0Mid-July to mid-September, middle week Aug 9–1534 recordsGold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp (Eremnophila aureonotata)Gold-marked Thread-waisted WaspEremnophila aureonotataPhoto © Denis Doucet · CC BY-NC 4.0Mid-July to late September, middle week Aug 9–1541 recordsGreat Black Digger Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)Great Black Digger WaspSphex pensylvanicusPhoto © Larry Clarfeld · CC BY-NC 4.0Mid-July to late August, middle week Aug 9–1522 recordsGolden Northern Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus)Golden Northern Bumble BeeBombus fervidusPhoto © janeabel · CC BY-NC 4.0Mid-June to late September, middle week Aug 16–2260 recordsLemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus citrinus)Lemon Cuckoo Bumble BeeBombus citrinusPhoto © Heather Holm · CC BY-NC 4.0Late July to late September, middle week Aug 16–2249 recordsHump-backed Beewolf (Philanthus gibbosus)Hump-backed BeewolfPhilanthus gibbosusPhoto © JoshExistsToo · CC BY-NC 4.0Late June to mid-September, middle week Aug 23–2921 recordsNorthern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus)Northern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusPhoto © Alex Shure · CC BY-NC 4.0Early May to mid-October, middle week Sep 20–26108 recordsAmerican Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus)American Bumble BeeBombus pensylvanicusPhoto © Buddy · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: most records are from one year26 recordsBald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)Bald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculataPhoto © Benigno Veraz · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: the weeks are still too uncertain64 recordsBlack-and-gold Bumble Bee (Bombus auricomus)Black-and-gold Bumble BeeBombus auricomusPhoto © Mark Nofsinger · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: most records are from one year44 recordsBrown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)Brown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollisPhoto © Steven Mlodinow · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: most records are from one year270 recordsCommon Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensPhoto © scotstewart · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: most records are from one year1,006 recordsEastern Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus (Camponotus) pennsylvanicus)Eastern Black Carpenter AntCamponotus (Camponotus) pennsylvanicusPhoto © Dmitry Mozzherin · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0No season: the weeks are still too uncertain30 recordsEastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)Eastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaPhoto © Christopher Eliot · CC BY 4.0No season: most records are from one year353 recordsEastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons)Eastern YellowjacketVespula maculifronsPhoto © sankax · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: the weeks are still too uncertain51 recordsEuropean Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)European Paper WaspPolistes dominulaPhoto © Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky) · CC BY 4.0No season: the weeks are still too uncertain96 recordsFour-toothed Mason Wasp (Monobia quadridens)Four-toothed Mason WaspMonobia quadridensPhoto © Justin · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: the weeks are still too uncertain22 recordsFraternal Potter Wasp (Eumenes fraternus)Fraternal Potter WaspEumenes fraternusPhoto © Zachary Dankowicz · CC BY 4.0No season: the weeks are still too uncertain34 recordsGerman Yellowjacket (Vespula germanica)German YellowjacketVespula germanicaPhoto © Sid Mosdell · CC BY 4.0No season: the weeks are still too uncertain32 recordsLigated Furrow Bee (Halictus ligatus)Ligated Furrow BeeHalictus ligatusPhoto © Thomas Barbin · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: the weeks are still too uncertain21 recordsSouthern Yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa)Southern YellowjacketVespula squamosaPhoto © Marc Brawer · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: most records are from one year20 recordsTwo-spotted Bumble Bee (Bombus bimaculatus)Two-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatusPhoto © larrytip · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: most records are from one year198 recordsTwo-spotted Longhorn Bee (Melissodes bimaculatus)Two-spotted Longhorn BeeMelissodes bimaculatusPhoto © Eamon Corbett · CC BY 4.0No season: the weeks are still too uncertain30 recordsWestern Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Western Honey BeeApis melliferaPhoto © Lê Thanh Hoa · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: most records are from one year255 records

Beetles 23

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela (Cicindela) sexguttata)Six-spotted Tiger BeetleCicindela (Cicindela) sexguttataPhoto © dufferin · CC BY-NC 4.0Mid-April to early July, middle week May 17–2377 recordsEastern Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus oculatus)Eastern Eyed Click BeetleAlaus oculatusPhoto © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0Early May to late June, middle week Jun 7–1327 recordsMargined Leatherwing Beetle (Chauliognathus marginatus)Margined Leatherwing BeetleChauliognathus marginatusPhoto © Bill Keim · CC BY 4.0Early June to mid-July, middle week Jun 28 – Jul 424 recordsSwamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis)Swamp Milkweed Leaf BeetleLabidomera clivicollisPhoto © Douglas Goldman · CC BY-SA 4.0Late May to late August, middle week Jun 28 – Jul 441 recordsOriental Beetle (Exomala (Exomala) orientalis)Oriental BeetleExomala (Exomala) orientalisPhoto © Tom Murray · CC BY-NC 4.0Late June to mid-July, middle week Jul 5–1138 recordsRed Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)Red Milkweed BeetleTetraopes tetrophthalmusPhoto © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0Mid-June to early August, middle week Jul 5–1174 recordsJapanese Beetle (Popillia japonica)Japanese BeetlePopillia japonicaPhoto © Ingrid Kaatz · CC BY-NC 4.0Late June to late September, middle week Jul 12–1860 recordsGhost Tiger Beetle (Ellipsoptera lepida)Ghost Tiger BeetleEllipsoptera lepidaPhoto © Mark Shields · CC BY-NC 4.0Early July to mid-July, middle week Jul 19–2525 recordsPunctured Tiger Beetle (Cicindela (Cicindelidia) punctulata)Punctured Tiger BeetleCicindela (Cicindelidia) punctulataPhoto © Catherine C. Galley · CC BY 4.0Late June to mid-August, middle week Jul 26 – Aug 132 recordsGoldenrod Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus)Goldenrod Soldier BeetleChauliognathus pensylvanicusPhoto © Wildreturn · CC BY 4.0Mid-August to early October, middle week Sep 6–1268 recordsLocust Borer (Megacyllene robiniae)Locust BorerMegacyllene robiniaePhoto © shinnickj · CC BY-NC 4.0Late August to early October, middle week Sep 13–1964 recordsSpotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata)Spotted Cucumber BeetleDiabrotica undecimpunctataPhoto © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0Early August to mid-October, middle week Sep 27 – Oct 391 recordsAsian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)Asian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridisPhoto © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: recorded in two separate seasons212 recordsBean Leaf Beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata)Bean Leaf BeetleCerotoma trifurcataPhoto (c) Mike Quinn, San Marcos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mike Quinn, San Marcos · CC BY-NC 4.0No season: most records are from one year21 records

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