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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:00:15 -0400 From: Doug Allen (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Blue Wall Preserve, South Carolina Appalachian Swallowtails! |
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--0000000000003c27d2064df630a6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT It was 78 degrees today when I hiked almost 3 miles RT starting at noon. The Nature Conservancy's Blue Wall Preserve is on the northeast side of 3200' Hogback Mountain in Greenville County, SC. There is a stream called the Blue Wall Passage stream, according to AI, that flows down from Vaughn's Gap around 2600' Most of the Swallowtails were puddling near the stream in the cove forest at about 1200' ASL. The trail is part of the SC Palmetto Trail. 2 Zebra Swallowtail 4 Spicebush Swallowtail 40 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail estimated most puddling 40 Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail estimated most puddling 30 Juvenile's Duskywing estimated about half were puddling Oddly, I saw no Azures or Falcate Orangetips which I would have expected to see. I have many photographs, and shared 3 with Jeff Pippen and Harry LeGrand, who confirmed that some of the Tiger Swallowtails were Appalachians. From my many good views and photos, I would guess that at least half the obviously large Tiger Swallowtails I saw were Appalachian. Doug Allen Inman, SC PS The big puddling area with over 60 butterflies, mostly Tiger swallowtails, was 30' from the location where I photographed and was credited with finding the first SC Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail over 10 years ago. --0000000000003c27d2064df630a6 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">It was 78 degrees today when I hiked almost 3 miles RT sta= rting at noon.=C2=A0 The Nature Conservancy's Blue Wall Preserve is on = the northeast side of 3200' Hogback Mountain in Greenville County, SC.= =C2=A0 There is a stream called the Blue Wall Passage stream, according to = AI, that flows down from Vaughn's Gap around 2600'=C2=A0 Most of th= e Swallowtails were puddling near the stream in the cove forest at about 12= 00' ASL.=C2=A0 The trail is part of the SC Palmetto Trail.<div><br></di= v><div>2 Zebra Swallowtail</div><div>4 Spicebush Swallowtail</div><div>40 E= astern Tiger Swallowtail=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0est= imated=C2=A0 =C2=A0most puddling</div><div>40 Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail= =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 estimated=C2=A0 =C2=A0most puddling</div><div>30 Juven= ile's Duskywing=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 estimated=C2=A0 about half were pud= dling</div><div><br></div><div>Oddly, I saw no Azures or Falcate Orangetips= =C2=A0which I would have expected to see.=C2=A0 I have many photographs, an= d shared 3 with Jeff Pippen and Harry LeGrand, who confirmed that some of t= he Tiger Swallowtails were Appalachians.=C2=A0 From my many good views and = photos, I would guess that at least half the obviously large Tiger Swallowt= ails I saw were Appalachian.</div><div><br></div><div>Doug Allen</div><div>= Inman, SC</div><div>PS=C2=A0 =C2=A0The big puddling area with over 60 butte= rflies, mostly Tiger swallowtails, was 30' from the location where I ph= otographed=C2=A0and was credited with finding the first SC Appalachian Tige= r Swallowtail over 10 years ago.</div></div> --0000000000003c27d2064df630a6-- |
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