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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 09:17:49 -0400 From: <dallen5...> Subject: from the north central South Carolina coast |
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Francis Marion National Forest, Berkeley County, SC. Walked about 1 mile west on FR204 from Wambaw Bridge, then drove FR212 from FR204 to Hwy 45 with three stops. May 28, 2026. 10:15 am - 12:15 pm. Mostly cloudy, no wind, 82 F. Dennis and Wendy Allen, Georgetown, SC. Pipevine Swallowtail 45 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 6 Spicebush Swallowtail 3 Palamedes Swallowtail 26 unidentified swallowtails 8 Banded Hairstreak 1 Gray Hairstreak 6 Red-banded Hairstreaks 3 Summer Azure 3 Pearl Crescent 62 American Lady 2 Common Buckeye 1 Red-spotted Purple 2 Monarch 2 Hoary Edge 1 Southern Cloudywing 4 Confused Cloudywing 1 Horace's Duskywing 28 Zarucco Duskywing 4 (FOY) unidentified duskywings 13 Swarthy Skipper 2 Clouded Skipper 3 Little Glassywing 1 Delaware Skipper 9 Byssus Skipper 12 Dion Skipper 1 Twin-spot Skipper 15 unidentified dark skippers 5 (most very worn) On FR204, purple-red thistle and Butterfly Weed was sparse but attracting swallowtails, Monarch, Horace's Duskywing, and skippers. Yellow composites dominated that stretch of FS204- high use by Pearl Crescents and some Horace's Duskywings. All hairstreaks, a Summer Azure, and some Horace's were on New Jersey Tea. Zarucco Duskywings were all fresh males on the roadway. FR212 had many more thistles with swallowtails and skippers and yellow composites with Pearl Crescents. |
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