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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 09:56:23 -0400 From: <dallen5...> Subject: from the north central South Carolina coast |
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Francis Marion National Forest. Berkeley County, SC. Drove and stopped 5 times on FR 212 from Hwy 45 to FR204 (5,5 miles) and on a short stretch of FS204. May 23, 2026. 11:30 am- 3:20 pm. Sunny, 80F Dennis and Wendy Allen Pipevine Swallowtail 20 (at least 15 males) Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4 Palamedes Swallowtail 31 unidentified dark swallowtails 5 Cloudless Sulphur 2 Sleepy Orange 1 Banded Hairstreak 1 King's Hairstreak 1 (FOY, lifer for DMA) Gray Hairstreak 6 Red-banded Hairstreak 1 Summer Azure 1 Variegated Fritillary 1 Pearl Crescent 18 American Lady 1 Hackberry Emperor 1 Carolina Satyr 1 Georgia Satyr 4 Little Wood-Satyr 2 unidentified small-medium satyrs 3 Monarch 7 Silver-spotted Skipper 3 Horace's Duskywing 18 (mostly females) White Checkered-Skipper 2 (females) Swarthy Skipper 2 Clouded Skipper 2 Tawny-edged Skipper 1 Crossline Skipper 1 Whirlabout 2 (females) Northern Broken-Dash 1 Little Glassywing 1 (very worn) Delaware Skipper 6 (4 males, 2 females) Byssus Skipper 2 (FOY, males) Broad-winged Skipper 1 Dion Skipper 2 (FOY, ID on 1 verified by D. Forsythe) Eufala Skipper 2 (FOY) Twin-spot Skipper 53 About half of the 1000's of purple-red Thistle (Cirsium spp.) bloomed this past week and the skippers (and others) have responded in a big way. Nectaring on thistle were all of the swallowtail spp., Cloudless Sulphur, Horace's Duskywing, Monarch, all of the skippers except Broad-winged (on Pickerelweed) and White Checkered (on the road). Most of the Gray Hairstreaks and the other 3 hairstreak spp were on New Jersey Tea which may be at its prime in the short blooming period. Also on NJ Tea: Summer Azure and some Horace's Duskywing. Satyrs were not with flowers. Some Pearl Crescents and Variegated Fritillary were on Black-eyed Susans and Silphium spp (Rosinweed, etc.) Note that since surveying FS 211 from Highway 45 and FS204 on May 13, both sides of the 4 plus- mile road have been mowed. Also mowed was 211 to 210 south of Highway 45. |
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