A year at a glance in Ross County

When each species’ records usually fall in Ross County, 2016 to 2025: the bar runs from the early to the late week, and the line marks the middle week. It shows when people recorded each species, not when it is there.

22 species

A year at a glance in Ross County, 2016 to 2025. Each row gives a species’ usual weeks in words.
SpeciesUsual weeks
Birds
Muscovy DuckNo season: the weeks are still too uncertain
Butterflies and moths
Silvery Checkerspotlate May to early August, middle week May 31 – Jun 6
Eastern Tiger SwallowtailNo season: the weeks are still too uncertain
Zabulon SkipperNo season: most records are from one year
Zebra SwallowtailNo season: most records are from one year
Dragonflies and damselflies
Ebony Jewelwinglate May to mid-August, middle week Jun 7–13
Eastern Pondhawklate May to late September, middle week Jul 12–18
Blue-fronted Dancermid-June to mid-September, middle week Jul 19–25
Eastern Amberwinglate June to early September, middle week Jul 19–25
Blue DasherNo season: recorded in two separate seasons
Blue-tipped DancerNo season: the weeks are still too uncertain
Common WhitetailNo season: recorded in two separate seasons
Double-striped BluetNo season: the weeks are still too uncertain
Dusky DancerNo season: most records are from one year
Fragile ForktailNo season: the weeks are still too uncertain
Variable DancerNo season: most records are from one year
Widow SkimmerNo season: the weeks are still too uncertain
Flowering plants
Virginia bluebellslate March to early May, middle week Apr 12–18
Virginia Springbeautylate March to early May, middle week Apr 12–18
common pawpawNo season: the weeks are still too uncertain
poison hemlockNo season: the weeks are still too uncertain
Mammals
White-tailed DeerNo season: recorded through most of the year