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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 08:08:24 -0400 From: <dallen5...> Subject: from the north central South Carolina coast |
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Francis Marion National Forest. Berkeley County, SC. FR204 walked about 0.75 miles west of Wambaw Bridge. May 25, 2026. 10:50 am - 1:20 pm. Mostly sunny, 80 F, brisk south wind. Dennis and Wendy Allen, Georgetown. Pipevine Swallowtail 13 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2 Palamedes Swallowtail 4 King's Hairstreak 3 Gray Hairstreak 4 Summer Azure 1 Variegated Fritillary 1 Texas (Seminole) Crecent 1 (FOY, surprise not seen in this section of the FMNF before) Pearl Crescent 32 American Lady 2 Monarch 3 Horace's Duskywing 26 Clouded Skipper 1 Southern Broken-Dash 6 Northern Broken-Dash 1 Little Glassywing 1 very worn Delaware Skipper 5 Byssus Skipper 7 Twin-spot Skipper 1 Almost no purple-red thistle along this stretch of road. High density of yellow composites, especially Black-eyed Susan and at least two species of rosinweed-like Silphium which attracted most crescents and Horace's Duskywings as well as Variegated Fritillary, broken-dashes, all skipper species, and American Lady. Butterflyweed was attended by Monarch and all swallowtail species although most were in flight. Our focus was on New Jersey Tea where we found all of the hairstreaks, Summer Azure, several Byssus Skippers |
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