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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:20:58 +0000 (UTC) From: JOHN DEMKO (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: CBS Butterfly Walk Peachtree Rocks and Shealy's Pond Heritage Preserves 3/14/2026 |
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------=_Part_1466074_1740035451.1773620458698 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On March 14, 2026 the Carolina Butterfly Society held a butterfly walk led = by John Demko at Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve and Shealy's Pond Heritag= e Preserve in Lexington County, SC.=C2=A0 Eleven persons participated in th= e Peachtree portion of the walk. Below is the summary of sightings for the=C2=A0Peachtree Heritage Preserve= =C2=A0portion of the walk.Start Time: 10:00 AMEnd Time: 2:23 PMDistance Cov= ered: 3:35 milesTemperature: 60 - 78 F Spicebush Swallowtail 3Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 9Sleepy Orange 5Azure sp. = 1Brown Elfin 16EASTERN PINE ELFIN 1=C2=A0 Lifer for at least five people.= =C2=A0 First South Carolina sighting for many of the rest. (Host plant rese= arch indicates that Loblolly can be a host plant as it had to be in this lo= cation.)=C2=A0Red-banded Hairstreak 6Gray Hairstreak 6Great Purple Hairstre= ak 1American Lady 5Lady sp. 1Common Buckeye 5Silver-spotted Skipper 2Juvena= l's Duskywing 7Duskywing sp. 7 Other Lep of note: Eight-spotted Forester >6Pollen Source for most of butte= rflies: Sand Myrtle (Kalmia buxifolia) A smaller group of eight continued on the walk to Shealy's Pond HP.Below is= the summary of sightings for the=C2=A0Shealy's Pond Heritage Preserve=C2= =A0portion of the walk.Start Time: 2:45 PMEnd Time: 4:50 PMDistance Covered= : 2.27 milesTemperature: 78 - 83 F Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3Azure sp. 1Juniper Hairstreak 3Hessel's Hairstre= ak 2Henry's Elfin 1Juvenal's Duskywing 1 Note: Both Atlantic White Cedar=C2=A0(Chamaecyparis thyoides) and=C2=A0Sout= hern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola)=C2=A0are present at th= is location. Overall, it was an amazing day to be butterflying! John DemkoAiken, SC= ------=_Part_1466074_1740035451.1773620458698 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT <html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div style="line-height: 1.5; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">On March 14, 2026 the Carolina Butterfly Society held a butterfly walk led by John Demko at Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve and Shealy's Pond Heritage Preserve in Lexington County, SC. Eleven persons participated in the Peachtree portion of the walk.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.5; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Below is the summary of sightings for the <u><b>Peachtree Heritage Preserve</b></u> portion of the walk.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Start Time: 10:00 AM< /div><div style="line-height: 1.5; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">End Time: 2:23 PM</div><div style="line-height: 1.5; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Distance Covered: 3:35 miles</div><div style="line-height: 1.5; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Temperature: 60 - 78 F</div><div style="line-height: 1.5; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.5; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Spicebush Swallowtail 3</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 9</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Sleepy Orange 5</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Azure sp. 1</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Brown Elfin 16</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">EASTERN PINE ELFIN 1 Lifer for at least five people. First South Caro lina sighting for many of the rest. (Host plant research indicates that Loblolly can be a host plant as it had to be in this location.) </div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Red-banded Hairstreak 6</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Gray Hairstreak 6</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Great Purple Hairstreak 1</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">American Lady 5</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Lady sp. 1</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Common Buckeye 5</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Silver-spotted Skipper 2</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Juvenal's Duskywing 7</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Duskywing sp. 7</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Other Lep of note: Eight-spotted Forester >6</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Pollen Source for most of butterflies: Sand Myrtle (Kalmia buxifolia)</div><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.5; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div sty le="line-height: 1.5;">A smaller group of eight continued on the walk to Shealy's Pond HP.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Below is the summary of sightings for the <u><b>Shealy's Pond Heritage Preserve</b></u> portion of the walk.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Start Time: 2:45 PM</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">End Time: 4:50 PM</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Distance Covered: 2.27 miles</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Temperature: 78 - 83 F</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Azure sp. 1</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Juniper Hairstreak 3</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Hessel's Hairstreak 2</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Henry's Elfin 1</div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Juvenal's Duskywing 1</div><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;">Note: Both Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) and Southern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola) are present at this location.</div><div><br></div></div></div>Overall, it was an amazing day to be butterflying!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">John Demko</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Aiken, SC</div></div></body></html> ------=_Part_1466074_1740035451.1773620458698-- |
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