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Dragonflies and damselfliesIn Ohio

Blue-fronted Dancer

Argia apicalis (Say, 1840)

Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis)
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Coenagrionidae
Genus
Argia
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Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 22 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (1)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (38)
  • Recorded, season not shown (27)
  • Season shown (22)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
Blue-fronted Dancer by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Allen County27 · Recorded, season not shown
Ashland County53 · Season shown
Ashtabula CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Athens County30 · Recorded, season not shown
Auglaize CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Belmont County28 · Recorded, season not shown
Brown CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Butler County34 · Season shown
Carroll CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Champaign County27 · Recorded, season not shown
Clark County52 · Recorded, season not shown
Clermont County44 · Season shown
Clinton County24 · Recorded, season not shown
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Crawford CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Cuyahoga County133 · Season shown
Darke County21 · Season shown
Defiance CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Delaware County31 · Recorded, season not shown
Erie County30 · Recorded, season not shown
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fayette CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Franklin County312 · Season shown
Fulton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Geauga CountyNo qualifying records yet
Greene County132 · Season shown
Guernsey CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hamilton County186 · Season shown
Hancock County66 · Season shown
Hardin CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Harrison CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Henry County27 · Season shown
Highland County27 · Recorded, season not shown
Hocking County31 · Season shown
Holmes County32 · Season shown
Huron CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Jackson CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Jefferson CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Knox County69 · Recorded, season not shown
Lake County31 · Season shown
Lawrence County25 · Recorded, season not shown
Licking County94 · Season shown
Logan County21 · Recorded, season not shown
Lorain County89 · Recorded, season not shown
Lucas County167 · Season shown
Madison County32 · Recorded, season not shown
Mahoning County36 · Recorded, season not shown
Marion County54 · Season shown
Medina CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mercer CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Miami County42 · Season shown
Monroe CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Montgomery County82 · Season shown
Morgan County29 · Recorded, season not shown
Morrow CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Muskingum County27 · Recorded, season not shown
Noble CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ottawa CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Paulding County29 · Recorded, season not shown
Perry CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pickaway County37 · Recorded, season not shown
Pike CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Portage County98 · Recorded, season not shown
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Putnam County22 · Recorded, season not shown
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ross County35 · Season shown
Sandusky CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Seneca County83 · Recorded, season not shown
Shelby County39 · Recorded, season not shown
Stark County188 · Recorded, season not shown
Summit County167 · Season shown
Trumbull County34 · Recorded, season not shown
Tuscarawas County27 · Season shown
Union CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Van Wert County32 · Recorded, season not shown
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Warren County63 · Season shown
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Williams CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wood County28 · Recorded, season not shown
Wyandot CountyRecorded, 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 Ohio

Mid-June to mid-September, middle week Jul 19–25

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

Records per week from 5,548 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 962 dates. Latest record: October 2025.

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Records of Blue-fronted Dancer in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Blue-fronted DancerYears 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 10–160053,785
May 17–232157,698
May 24–3021454,651
May 31 – Jun 665853,099
Jun 7–13104953,700
Jun 14–202211056,625
Jun 21–273071055,361
Jun 28 – Jul 44491058,477
Jul 5–115091061,336
Jul 12–186331064,722
Jul 19–254921069,753
Jul 26 – Aug 14891059,416
Aug 2–84691059,712
Aug 9–153931055,994
Aug 16–222981054,328
Aug 23–292461051,772
Aug 30 – Sep 5259957,167
Sep 6–121911059,075
Sep 13–19173954,543
Sep 20–2684945,860
Sep 27 – Oct 363943,180
Oct 4–1059937,841
Oct 11–1714630,824
Oct 18–244421,156
Oct 25–312119,021
Nov 1–71114,172
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 mid-June to late September, middle week Jul 26 – Aug 1.

From 628 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 Ohio

Blue-ringed DancerArgia sedulaBlue-tipped DancerArgia tibialisDusky DancerArgia translataPaiute DancerArgia albertaPowdered DancerArgia moestaSeepage DancerArgia bipunctulataVariable DancerArgia fumipennis

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • Powdered Dancer Argia moestaOften confused in Ohio: 74 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • Blue-tipped Dancer Argia tibialisOften confused in Ohio: 39 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedulaOften confused in Ohio: 11 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • Variable Dancer Argia fumipennis26 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Azure Bluet Enallagma aspersum22 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.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Developed33%49%
Forest32%31%
Open water11%3%
Farmland10%11%
Wetland10%5%
Grassland and shrub4%0.9%
Barren2%0.6%

From 2,035 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

5,548 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.