List: Carolina-Leps
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 13:13:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: <dallen5...> Subject: from the north central coast of SC |
Francis Marion National Forest Route 211 to 211-C (southwest from Rt 204), Charleston County June 6, 2025 10:00 am - 12:10 pm Dennis and Wendy Allen
Pipevine Swallowtail 11 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 10 Spicebush Swallowtail 1 Palamedes Swallowtail 8 Gray Hairstreak 1 Red-banded Hairstreak 4 Little Metalmark 13 Pearl Crescent counted 50, saw about 50 more American Lady 5 Common Buckeye 10 Red-spotted Purple 2 Carolina Satyr 1 Monarch 14 Silver-spotted Skipper 1 Southern Cloudywing 4 Horace's Duskywing 15 Zarucco Duskywing 1 unidentified duskywings 12 Swarthy Skipper 2 Clouded Skipper 4 Fiery Skipper 2 Crossline Skipper 2 Southern Broken-Dash 2 Delaware Skipper 6 Byssus Skipper 16 Yehl Skipper 1 Dun Skipper 4 Reversed Roadside-Skipper 9 Twin-spot Skipper 9
As in recent weeks, most swallowtails and skippers on Thistle, but flowering period is nearing the end- and fewer butterflies found Almost all Pearl Crescents and Little Metalmarks on Black-eyed Susans and other yellow composites
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