Dragonflies and damselfliesIn Morgan County, Ohio

Lilypad Forktail

Ischnura kellicotti Williamson, 1898

Lilypad Forktail in all of Ohio
Near Morgan County
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata

No photo shown yet.

Conservation status

Species of concern in Ohio (Ohio Division of Wildlife, June 2026)

Ohio's Division of Wildlife names it as one that might become threatened in Ohio under continued or increased stress, or one it has some concern for but too little information to judge. It is not listed as endangered or threatened.

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 1 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (71)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (13)
  • Recorded, season not shown (3)
  • Season shown (1)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
Lilypad Forktail by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Allen CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ashland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ashtabula CountyNo qualifying records yet
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 County49 · Season shown
Clark CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clermont CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clinton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Coshocton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yet
Cuyahoga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yet
Delaware CountyNo qualifying records yet
Erie CountyNo qualifying records yet
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yet
Franklin CountyNo qualifying records yet
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Geauga County99 · Recorded, season not shown
Greene CountyNo qualifying records yet
Guernsey CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hamilton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hancock CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hardin CountyNo qualifying records yet
Harrison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Highland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
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 CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lawrence CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Licking CountyNo qualifying records yet
Logan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lorain CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lucas CountyNo qualifying records yet
Madison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Mahoning CountyNo qualifying records yet
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yet
Medina CountyNo qualifying records yet
Meigs CountyNo qualifying records yet
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yet
Miami CountyNo qualifying records yet
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yet
Montgomery CountyNo qualifying records yet
Morgan County24 · Recorded, season not shown
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 CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
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 CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yet
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yet
Stark County49 · Recorded, season not shown
Summit CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Trumbull CountyNo qualifying records yet
Tuscarawas CountyNo qualifying records yet
Union CountyNo qualifying records yet
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yet
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Warren CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Washington CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wayne CountyNo qualifying records yet
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wood CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yet

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

Season

When it is recorded

In Morgan County

Not enough evidence

The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season. Based on 24 records in 6 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Morgan County · records of all species each week, 2,258 in all

Records per week from 24 records in 6 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 Lilypad Forktail in Morgan County each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Lilypad ForktailYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10000
Jan 11–17000
Jan 18–24002
Jan 25–31005
Feb 1–7001
Feb 8–14002
Feb 15–21007
Feb 22–280014
Mar 1–70020
Mar 8–140037
Mar 15–210019
Mar 22–280010
Mar 29 – Apr 40052
Apr 5–110065
Apr 12–1800105
Apr 19–250040
Apr 26 – May 20044
May 3–90062
May 10–160060
May 17–2300131
May 24–300057
May 31 – Jun 632105
Jun 7–1321142
Jun 14–200033
Jun 21–272242
Jun 28 – Jul 40070
Jul 5–110068
Jul 12–180037
Jul 19–250052
Jul 26 – Aug 121156
Aug 2–80017
Aug 9–150083
Aug 16–223194
Aug 23–290054
Aug 30 – Sep 511127
Sep 6–123172
Sep 13–190055
Sep 20–262169
Sep 27 – Oct 31125
Oct 4–100039
Oct 11–172166
Oct 18–240017
Oct 25–312123
Nov 1–70033
Nov 8–14116
Nov 15–21008
Nov 22–28005
Nov 29 – Dec 50010
Dec 6–12008
Dec 13–19002
Dec 20–26004
Dec 27 – Jan 2003

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 mid-July, middle week mid-June, and again mid-July to late September, 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 Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 793 records in 10 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 Lilypad Forktail in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Lilypad ForktailYears 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 3–90052,952
May 10–161153,785
May 17–2312357,698
May 24–3017554,651
May 31 – Jun 635753,099
Jun 7–1349953,700
Jun 14–2039856,625
Jun 21–2736855,361
Jun 28 – Jul 443958,477
Jul 5–1114561,336
Jul 12–1822564,722
Jul 19–2528569,753
Jul 26 – Aug 123659,416
Aug 2–846859,712
Aug 9–1539955,994
Aug 16–2299854,328
Aug 23–2962651,772
Aug 30 – Sep 559957,167
Sep 6–1249659,075
Sep 13–1974954,543
Sep 20–2617545,860
Sep 27 – Oct 312443,180
Oct 4–105337,841
Oct 11–176330,824
Oct 18–241121,156
Oct 25–313219,021
Nov 1–71114,172
Nov 8–141112,621
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

No adult season shown here. Most records come from a single year, so a season is not shown yet.

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 Morgan County

Identification

How to identify it

Telling it apart

From what Ohio’s records show. Only what the records support is shown.

Often confused with

  • Skimming Bluet Enallagma geminatum27 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Fragile Forktail Ischnura posita13 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Eastern Forktail Ischnura verticalis10 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Orange Bluet Enallagma signatum10 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.

When each is reported

  • All recordsNo season shown · 793 records
  • Reported as maleUsually late May to mid-September, middle week early August · 41 records

Not every photo is marked with a sex or a sign, so these show when people reported each, not when it happens.

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: recorded
  12. Dec: no record

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

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Forest34%31%
Open water21%3%
Grassland and shrub18%0.9%
Developed12%49%
Wetland11%5%
Farmland5%11%

From 188 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

793 records from 2 datasets.

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.