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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 11:04:16 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: from the north central South Carolina coast |
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--000000000000ddb5d80652a5b1f1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wow! A total of *13* species of grass skippers. It will likely be many months when folks in NC will tally that many of a single visit somewhere -- if at all in 2026. Great list for just 4 hours. For whatever reason, the NC savannas in the first brood -- late May to about mid-June -- just turn up relatively few grass skippers. Our best results, by far, are in late August or early September. Harry LeGrand Raleigh On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 9:56=E2=80=AFAM <dallen5...> wrote: > 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 o= f > 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 thi= s > 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, bot= h > sides of the 4 plus- mile road have been mowed. Also mowed was 211 to 210 > south of Highway 45. > --000000000000ddb5d80652a5b1f1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Wow! A total of <b>13</b> species of grass skippers. = It will likely=C2=A0be many months when folks=C2=A0in NC will tally that ma= ny of a single visit somewhere -- if at all in 2026.=C2=A0 Great list for j= ust 4 hours. For whatever reason, the NC savannas in the first brood=C2=A0 = -- late May to about mid-June -- just turn up relatively few grass skippers= . Our best results, by far, are in late August or early September.</div><di= v><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div></div><br><div class= =3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr= ">On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 9:56=E2=80=AFAM <<a href=3D"mailto:dallen5@sc.= rr.com"><dallen5...></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmai= l_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,20= 4,204);padding-left:1ex">Francis Marion National Forest. Berkeley County, S= C.=C2=A0 =C2=A0Drove and stopped 5<br> times on FR 212 from Hwy 45 to FR204 (5,5 miles) and on a short stretch of<= br> FS204.<br> May 23, 2026.=C2=A0 11:30 am- 3:20 pm. Sunny, 80F<br> Dennis and Wendy Allen<br> <br> Pipevine Swallowtail 20 (at least 15 males)<br> Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4<br> Palamedes Swallowtail 31<br> unidentified dark swallowtails 5<br> Cloudless Sulphur 2<br> Sleepy Orange 1<br> Banded Hairstreak 1<br> King's Hairstreak 1 (FOY, lifer for DMA)<br> Gray Hairstreak 6<br> Red-banded Hairstreak 1<br> Summer Azure 1<br> Variegated Fritillary 1<br> Pearl Crescent 18<br> American Lady 1<br> Hackberry Emperor 1<br> Carolina Satyr 1<br> Georgia Satyr 4<br> Little Wood-Satyr 2<br> unidentified small-medium satyrs 3<br> Monarch 7<br> Silver-spotted Skipper 3<br> Horace's Duskywing 18 (mostly females)<br> White Checkered-Skipper 2 (females)<br> Swarthy Skipper 2<br> Clouded Skipper 2<br> Tawny-edged Skipper 1<br> Crossline Skipper 1<br> Whirlabout 2 (females)<br> Northern Broken-Dash 1<br> Little Glassywing 1 (very worn)<br> Delaware Skipper 6 (4 males, 2 females)<br> Byssus Skipper 2 (FOY, males)<br> Broad-winged Skipper 1<br> Dion Skipper 2 (FOY, ID on 1 verified by D. Forsythe)<br> Eufala Skipper 2 (FOY)<br> Twin-spot Skipper 53<br> <br> About half of the 1000's of purple-red Thistle (Cirsium spp.) bloomed t= his<br> past week and the skippers (and others) have responded in a big way. Nectar= ing<br> on thistle were all of the swallowtail spp., Cloudless Sulphur, Horace'= s<br> Duskywing, Monarch, all of the skippers except Broad-winged (on Pickerelwee= d)<br> and White Checkered (on the road). Most of the Gray Hairstreaks and the oth= er<br> 3 hairstreak spp were on New Jersey Tea which may be at its prime in the sh= ort<br> blooming period. Also on NJ Tea: Summer Azure and some Horace's Duskywi= ng.<br> Satyrs were not with flowers. Some Pearl Crescents and Variegated Fritillar= y<br> were on Black-eyed Susans and Silphium spp (Rosinweed, etc.)<br> <br> Note that since surveying FS 211 from Highway 45 and FS204 on May 13, both<= br> sides of the 4 plus- mile road have been mowed. Also mowed was 211 to 210<b= r> south of Highway 45.<br> </blockquote></div> --000000000000ddb5d80652a5b1f1-- |
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