Previously the dragonflies (Odonata, Libellulidae) Ladona julia and Nannothemis bella were known in Ohio from only one extant population each: L. julia from extreme northwest Ohio in Williams County and N. bella from west-central Ohio in Champaign County. During the summer of 2000 populations of each of these species were found in close proximity to each other at Singer Lake, a wetlands complex in southern Summit County in northeastern Ohio. This new location is also home to a population of another rare Ohio dragonfly, Dorocordulia libera (Odonata, Corduliidae) that was discovered during 1999. The Singer Lake wetlands are proving to be a very significant habitat for Ohio Odonata

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The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 34 Number 2 - Fall/Winter 2001 Number 2 - Fall/Winter 2001 Article 7 October 2001 Second Location for Two Rare Odonata in Ohio, Nannothemis Bella and Ladona Julia, (Odonata: Libellulidae) Discovered at Singer Lake Bog, Summit County, Ohio. Robert C. Glotzhober Ohio Historical Society Eric Chapman Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Glotzhober, Robert C. and Chapman, Eric 2001. "Second Location for Two Rare Odonata in Ohio, Nannothemis Bella and Ladona Julia, (Odonata: Libellulidae) Discovered at Singer Lake Bog, Summit County, Ohio.," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 34 (2) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol34/iss2/7 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. 2001 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 63 SECOND LOCAl'ION FOR TWO RARE ODONATA IN OHIO, NANNOTHEMIS BELLA AND LADONA JULIA, (ODONATA: LlBELLULIDAE) DISCOVERED AT SINGER LAKE BO , SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO. Robert C. Glotzhoberl and E ic Chapman2 Abstract Previously the dragonflies (Odonata, Libellulidae) Ladona julia and Nannothemis bella were known in Ohio from only one extant population each: L. julia from extreme northwest Ohio in Williams County and N. bella from west-central Ohio in Champaign County. D ring the summer of 2000 popula­tions of each of these species were found in close proximity to each ther at Singer Lake, a wetlands complex in southern Summit County in northeastern Ohio. This new location is also home to a population of another rare Ohio dragonfly, Dorocordulia libera (Odonata, Corduliidae) that was discovered dur­ing 1999. The Singer Lake wetlands are proving to be a very significant habi­tat for Ohio Odonata. Ladona julia (Uhler) (Odonata, Libellulidae) (synonym Libellula julia) has a widespread, northern distribution, with populations reported in a rela­tively narrow band coast to coast through southern Canada and the northern United States (Bick & Mauffray, 2001; Dunkle, 2000). In Michigan, it is wide­spread and often abundant at many sites (Mark O'Brien, personal communica­tion). Indiana has records from 1917 in three northern counties, but there is only one small extant population currently known (Curry, 2001). Ohio has three very old records of L. julia from 1898 and 1900, all from Stewart's Lake, Portage County, Franklin Township, Kent, Ohio. James S. Hine collected one male on 23 June 1898 (specimens at University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology). R. C. Osburn collected two other males, one on 21 June 1898 and one on 22 June 1900 (specimens at The Ohio State University, Mu­seum of Biological Diversity). This species has not been collected at this loca­tion during the 100 plus years fol owing. Stewart's Lake is approximately 32 kilometers north, north eas  of the Singer Lake site discussed in this paper. More recently a large a d continuous population w s discovered by Homer Price at Mud Lake in extreme northwestern Williams County on 30 May 1940 (Price 1950). Visits to Mud Lake during the last decade by the authors and several other workers have confirmed the continued existence of th  population. U ntH the summer of 2000, no extant populations of this species were known from other locations in Ohio. The Ohio Odonata Society has recently recommended L. julia for addition to the Ohio endangered species list. The Elfin Skimmer, N. bella (Uhler) (Odonata, Libellulidae) is the small­est dragonfly in North America, measuring only 18 to 21 mm in total length. Its distribution includes a swath through southeastern Canada and the north­ern United States from Minnesota to New England extending south to north­ern Illinois, east through Pennsylvania and New York, south along Atlantic coast to Virginia, inland through the hill region and south to northern Florida, Alabama and Louisiana (Bick and Mauffray 2001, Dunkle 2000). Within this range, populations are considered "local" in distribution, inhabiting only small lOhio Historical Society, 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 25251 Verner Road, Kent. Ohio 44240 1Glotzhober and Chapman: Second Location for Two Rare Odonata in Ohio, <i>Nannothemis BellPublished by ValpoScholar, 200164 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 34, No.2 pockets within larger habitats that may be suitable for species with less strin­gent habitat requirements (Dunkle 2000). Walker and Corbet (1975) consider it widespread but "almost exclusively an inhabitant of floating sphagnum bogs, where it is sometimes quite abundant." Kielb (1997) noted that while it is rare in collections, it may be underrepresented in these collections from Michigan. He suggested that its restriction to sphagnum bogs, its low flight habit, and its small size may lead to it being overlooked (Kielb 1997). Curry (2001  reports that in Indiana N. bella is "rare" and found in bogs and fens in five counties at the northern edge ofthe state. Donald Borror (1930) first collected N. be a in Ohio at Cedar Bog Nature Preserve in Champaign County, Ohio. Three females wer  collected in 1933 at a marl fen ear Kennard, Champaign County, Ohio by Edward S. Thomas and Charles F. Walker and reside in the collections f the Ohio Historical Society (Glotzhober 1997). The area around Kennard was searched during 1995 with no trace ofremaining peatlands surviving (Glotzhober 1997). In 1959 Alrutz collected ten males and five females from Silver Lake in eastern Miami County (Alrutz 1961). Alrutz revisited this site in 1992 (Alrutz 1993) and the senior author has made subsequent visits. Alrutz (1993) concludes that the habitat has changed significantly. No remnant of the Silver Lake population appears to survive. Fo  many years N. bella has been represented in Ohio by a single known population at Cedar Bog (Glotzhober 1997). In 1997 the Ohio Depart­ment of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife listedN. bella as a State En­dangered species. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION On 1 June 2000 ,Jim Bissell of the Cleveland Mus um of Natural History and John Pogacnik of Lake Metro Parks were exploring the Singer Lake area in Summit County, Green Township. This site is just north of the Stark County line, its center being approximately 40° 55'N and 81 0 29'W. That same day they e-mailed the senior author with a report of finding 25 to 30 individuals of N. bella and 8 to 10 of L. julia on or near a floating sphagnum bog on the property. A single voucher of each of these two species was collected by Pogacnik and ultimately deposited at the Cleveland Museum ofNatural History. On 3 June Pogacnik sent digital images of specimens ofeach to th  senior author for tenta­tive confirmation. On 7 June the junior author confirmed their report on site, followed up by a visit both authors and Pogacnik on 9 June 2000. Additional specimens ofeach were collected and deposited in the natural history collections ofthe Ohio Historical Society. On this later visit we were accompanied by Renee Schrift and Katie Lublin from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Larry Rosche and Lou Gardella members of the Ohio Odonata Society. In the intervening week, additional individuals ofN. bella had emerged and we ob­served tenerals, adults, and adults in copula. The adult population visible that day on the floating sphagnum mat was conservatively estimated at betwe n 50 to 100 individuals. In the nearby woodslbog edge we also observed a smaller number ofL. julia, noting from one to two dozen individuals. Singer Lake is a glacial relict wetland complex with a shallow boggy pond dominated by spatterdock (Nuphar sp.), plus several bogs and kettle ponds separated by sandy hills. One of the leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata) bogs covers 10.5 hectares (26 acres) and is the leatherleafbog in Ohio (Jim Bissell, pers. comm.). Depending on what areas are included, the total wetland area is somewhere between 61 and 142 ha. Portions of the area re­cently have been purchased as a nature preserve by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The Singer Lake area was outlined by Bissell (2001) in which he summarized the area's rich botanical diversity, highlighting many of the basin's rare and endangered plants. 2The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 34, No. 2 [2001], Art. 7https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol34/iss2/72001 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 65 The bog where N. bella was found is a large (circa 0.8 ha), old age floating sphagnum mat. It is bordered to he north and west by forest, from which it is separated by a moat ofwater from 10 to 30 m wide and about 1-2 m deep. The mat fades to more open swamp to the east and south. Jim Bissell (personal communication) provided the following botanical descr ption. Compared to the other sphagnum mats in the Singer complex that are dominated by leatherleaf (C. calyculata), this mat is much more open. The edge of the floating mat has a discontinuous outer ring ofpoison sumac (Rhus vernix), and contains scattered clumps ofleatherleafand high bush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum). Spike rush (Eleocharis erythropoda) grows thro ghout the mat, and the southern­most portion has a sedge meadow of Carex utriculata. There are small open pools throughout the mat that contain spatterdock (Nuphar sp.) and swamp loosestrife (Decodon uerticillatus) both of which also grow around the edge. The Singer Lake wetlands are proving to be highly sign.ificant for Odonata in Ohio. In addition to the two rare species reported in this paper, Chapman (1999) reported the discovery of a large appa ent breeding population of the Dorocordulia Libera from Singer Lake the first find of this species in Ohio in 75 years. Table 1 gives a current Odonata list from the site. Th  authors believe other interesting [mds may yet be made among the many different wet­land habitats within this wetland basin. Table 1. Odonata of Singer Lake Wetlands 1"amily Genus, species, Author Lestidae Coenagrionidae Gomphidae Aeshnidae Corduliidae Libellulidae Lestes dryas Kirby Lestes eurinus Say Enallagma hageni (Walsh) Enallagma aspersum (Hagen) Ischnura posita (Hagen) Ischnura verticalis (Say) Gomphus exitis Selys . Arigomphus villosipes Selys Aeshna mutata Hagen Aeshna verticalis Hagen Anax Junius (Drury) Dorocordulia Libera (Selys) Epitheca cynosura (Say) Epitheca princeps Hagen Erythemis simplicicollis Say Ladona Julia (Uhler) Leucorrhinia intacta Hagen Libellula luetuosa Burm ister Libellula cyanea Fabricius Libellula semifaseiata Burmeister Libellula pulchella Drury Libellllia incesta Hagen Nannothemis bella (Uhler) Pachydiplax longipennis (Burmeister) Perithemis tenera (Say) Plathemis (Libellula) lydia Drury Sympetrum obtrusum (Hagen) Sympetrllm rubicundulum (Say) Tramea lacerata Hagen 3Glotzhober and Chapman: Second Location for Two Rare Odonata in Ohio, <i>Nannothemis BellPublished by ValpoScholar, 200166 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 34, No.2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors thank Jim Bissell and other staff from the Cleveland Mu­seum of Natural History for inviting us to explore this area over the last few years, and John Pogacnik for alerting us to these finds. The participation of Renee Schrift, Katie Lubin, Larry Rosche, and Lou Gardella to our field trip aided in orientation to the site and improved observations. Our tha ks to Mark O'Brien for sharing information about distribution ofthe species in Michi­gan. This work is an outgrowth of the Ohio Odonata Survey, a project funded in part by the "Do Something Wild" income tax checkoffprogram from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. LITERATURE CITED Alrutz, R. W. 1961. Notes and records of Ohio dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). Ohio J. Sci. 61: 13-24. Alrutz, R. W. 1993. An annotated list of new seasonal a d county records for Ohio dragonflies (Odonata). Ohio J. Sci. 93: 105-108. Bick, G. H. and B. Mauffray. 2001. Distribution summary ofNorth American anisoptera. Edited originally for the World Wide Web by Mauffray and Beckenbach (Decem­ber 1997) and updated regularly. On the web at: http://www.afn.org/-iori/ nalist.html Bissell, J. 2001. Singer Lake. On the Fringe, Newslett r of the Native Plant Society of Northeastern Ohio. 19: 8-9. Bissell, J. K. 1998. A case for protection of Singer Lake Basins, City of Green, Summit County, Ohio. Natural Areas Division, Cleveland Museum of Natural History. 6 March 1998. 5p, 2 maps, 38 p. appendix with plant records. Borror, D. J. 1930 Notes n the Odonata occurring in the of Silver Lake, Logan County, Ohio, from June 25 to Sep ember 1,1930. Ohio 30: 411-415. Chapman, E. G. 1999. First record of D ocordulia libera (Odonata: Corduliidael in Ohio in 75 years. G eat Lakes Ent. 32: 239-241. Curry, J. R. 2001. Dragonflies of Indiana. Indiana Academy of Science. 303pp. Dunkle, S. W. 2000. Dragonflies through binoculars: a field guide to dragonflies of North America. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York. 266pp. Glotzhober, R. C. 1997. Odonata of Cedar Bog and other west-central Ohio fens. pp 91-96 in R.C. Glotzhober, ed., Cedar Bog Symposium III. Ohio Biological Survey Informative Publication No.3. Columbus, Ohio. Kielb, M. A.1997. Nannothemis bella (Uhler) in Michigan (Libellulidea). Williamsonia 1(2): 4. H. F. 1950. Notes on the dragonflies (Odonata) of northwestern Ohio. Ohio J. 50: 71-78. Walker, E. M. and P. S. Corbet. 1975. The Odonata of Canada and Alaska, Vol. 3, Part III: The Anisoptera Three Families. University of Toronto Press. 308pp. 4The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 34, No. 2 [2001], Art. 7https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol34/iss2/7

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