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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 20:05:44 -0400 From: NICHOLAS FLANDERS (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: SC butterflies, mostly Charleston area, 6/1-6/6/26 |
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--00000000000060b04506539ea843 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I was in the Charleston, SC area from 6/1-6/6, and noted the butterflies below. Most days I was keeping an eye on two dogs and two kids as it was a work trip for Elisa, and I likely missed some leps as a result. Elisa was with us on 6/1, 6/5, and 6/6, so less likely to have missed things on those lists. The one outing devoted to butterflying was Dog Swamp Rd. on 6/5; thanks to Dennis and Donna Forsythe's recent report from that part of Francis Marion NF as it was by far the most productive butterflying of the trip. Best, Nick Flanders Portsmouth, VA June 1, Botany Bay Plantation HP/WMA, Charleston Co.; mostly cloudy with rain showers Black Swallowtail - 1 Palamedes Swallowtail - 5 E. Tiger Swallowtail - 1 Sleepy Orange - 8 Cloudless Sulphur - 6 Cabbage White - 4 Gray Hairstreak - 3 Variegated Fritillary - 2 Pearl Crescent - 2 Carolina Satyr - 2 Satyr sp. - 2 Duskywing sp. - 2 Fiery Skipper - 1 June 3, Francis Marion NF: Palmetto Trail off Halfway Creek Rd. just east of FR 262, Charleston Co. Palamedes Swallowtail - 3 Summer Azure - 2 Pearl Crescent - 1 Gemmed Satyr - 1 June 3, Francis Marion NF: Steed Creek Rd. near Harleston Dam Cr., Berkeley Co. Pearl Crescent - 1 Horace's Duskywing - 1 June 4, Bettis Boat Landing Park and upper Goose Creek Res., Berkeley Co. Black Swallowtail - 1 Fiery Skipper - 2 June 4, Ashley Phosphate Rd x US-78, Charleston Co. Cabbage White - 1 June 4, Francis Marion NF near Witherbee, Berkeley Co. Palamedes Swallowtail - 2 Cabbage White - 3 Common Buckeye - 1 Pearl Crescent - 1 June 4, Bonneau Ferry WMA, Berkeley Co.; nectaring at yellow thistle Palamedes Swallowtail - 3 Cloudless Sulphur - 2 Cabbage White - 2 Reversed Roadside-Skipper - 1 June 4, Wadboo boat ramp, Berkeley Co. Fiery Skipper - 1 June 5, Saint Thomas Island Dr., Daniel Island, Berkeley Co. Cabbage White - 1 June 5, Francis Marion NF: Dog Swamp Rd., Berkeley Co.; approx 0.5 mi., 2 hours, most skippers seen nectaring at yellow thistle; I'm pretty sure my first outing with a count of Reversed Roadside-Skippers higher than one Pipevine Swallowtail - 1 Palamedes Swallowtail - 15 E. Tiger Swallowtail - 4 Cabbage White - 1 Summer Azure - 2 Pearl Crescent - 3 So. Pearly-eye - 1 Satyr sp. - 2 Georgia Satyr - 1 Cloudywing sp. - 1 Horace's Duskywing - 2 Duskywing sp. - 1 Dun Skipper - 1 Worn Delaware Skipper - 1 Byssus Skipper - 1 Fiery Skipper - 2 No. Broken-dash - 1 Twin-spot Skipper - 3 Reversed Roadside-Skipper - 3 Clouded Skipper - 3 Hummingbird Clearwing moth - 1 June 6, Spruill Ave., Charleston Co. White Checkered-Skipper - 3 Fiery Skipper - 1 June 6, Santee Coastal Reserve, Charleston Co.; mosquitoes really heavy, nectaring at yellow thistle Pipevine Swallowtail - 1 Black Swallowtail - 1 E. Tiger Swallowtail - 1 Cabbage White - 2 Broad-winged Skipper - 1 June 6, SR 51 near Georgetown/Williamsburg Co. line, Williamsburg Co. (very enjoyable to watch 5 foraging Swallow-tailed Kites here) Cloudless Sulphur - 1 Cabbage White - 1 Variegated Fritillary - 1 Duskywing sp. - 1 --00000000000060b04506539ea843 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto">I was in the Charleston, SC area from 6= /1-6/6, and noted the butterflies below. Most days I was keeping an eye on = two dogs and two kids as it was a work trip for Elisa, and I likely missed = some leps as a result. Elisa was with us on 6/1, 6/5, and 6/6, so less like= ly to have missed things on those lists. The one outing devoted to butterfl= ying was Dog Swamp Rd. on 6/5; thanks to Dennis and Donna Forsythe's re= cent report from that part of Francis Marion NF as it was by far the most p= roductive butterflying of the trip. Best,=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br>= </div><div dir=3D"auto">Nick Flanders</div><div dir=3D"auto">Portsmouth, VA= </div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>June 1, Botany Bay Plantation HP/WMA, Cha= rleston Co.; mostly cloudy with rain showers<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><di= v dir=3D"auto">Black Swallowtail - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Palamedes Swall= owtail - 5</div><div dir=3D"auto">E. Tiger Swallowtail - 1</div><div dir=3D= "auto">Sleepy Orange - 8</div><div dir=3D"auto">Cloudless Sulphur - 6</div>= <div dir=3D"auto">Cabbage White - 4</div><div dir=3D"auto">Gray Hairstreak = - 3</div><div dir=3D"auto">Variegated Fritillary - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto"= >Pearl Crescent - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto">Carolina Satyr - 2</div><div dir= =3D"auto">Satyr sp. - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto">Duskywing sp. - 2</div><div = dir=3D"auto">Fiery Skipper - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D= "auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">June 3, Francis Marion NF: Palmetto Trai= l off Halfway Creek Rd. just east of FR 262, Charleston Co.</div><div dir= =3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Palamedes Swallowtail - 3</div><div d= ir=3D"auto">Summer Azure - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto">Pearl Crescent - 1</div= ><div dir=3D"auto">Gemmed Satyr - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div d= ir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">June 3, Francis Marion NF: Steed Cr= eek Rd. near Harleston Dam Cr., Berkeley Co.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></d= iv><div dir=3D"auto">Pearl Crescent - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Horace's= Duskywing - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div= ><div dir=3D"auto">June 4, Bettis Boat Landing Park and upper Goose Creek R= es., Berkeley Co.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Black = Swallowtail - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Fiery Skipper - 2</div><div dir=3D"a= uto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">June 4, Ashley= Phosphate Rd x US-78, Charleston Co.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div= dir=3D"auto">Cabbage White - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir= =3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">June 4, Francis Marion NF near Wither= bee, Berkeley Co.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Palame= des Swallowtail - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto">Cabbage White - 3</div><div dir= =3D"auto">Common Buckeye - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Pearl Crescent - 1</div= ><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">= June 4, Bonneau Ferry WMA, Berkeley Co.; nectaring at yellow thistle</div><= div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Palamedes Swallowtail - 3</div= ><div dir=3D"auto">Cloudless Sulphur - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto">Cabbage Whi= te - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto">Reversed Roadside-Skipper - 1</div><div dir= =3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">June 4, W= adboo boat ramp, Berkeley Co.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"= auto">Fiery Skipper - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">= <br></div><div dir=3D"auto">June 5, Saint Thomas Island Dr., Daniel Island,= Berkeley Co.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Cabbage Wh= ite - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div d= ir=3D"auto">June 5, Francis Marion NF: Dog Swamp Rd., Berkeley Co.; approx = 0.5 mi., 2 hours, most skippers seen nectaring at yellow thistle; I'm p= retty sure my first outing with a count of Reversed Roadside-Skippers highe= r than one</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Pipevine Swal= lowtail - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Palamedes Swallowtail - 15</div><div dir= =3D"auto">E. Tiger Swallowtail - 4</div><div dir=3D"auto">Cabbage White - 1= </div><div dir=3D"auto">Summer Azure - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto">Pearl Cresc= ent - 3</div><div dir=3D"auto">So. Pearly-eye - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Sa= tyr sp. - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto">Georgia Satyr - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto"= >Cloudywing sp. - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Horace's Duskywing - 2</div>= <div dir=3D"auto">Duskywing sp. - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Dun Skipper - 1= =C2=A0 =C2=A0Worn</div><div dir=3D"auto">Delaware Skipper - 1</div><div dir= =3D"auto">Byssus Skipper - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Fiery Skipper - 2</div>= <div dir=3D"auto">No. Broken-dash - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Twin-spot Skip= per - 3</div><div dir=3D"auto">Reversed Roadside-Skipper - 3</div><div dir= =3D"auto">Clouded Skipper - 3</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"= auto">Hummingbird Clearwing moth - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div = dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">June 6, Spruill Ave., Charleston C= o.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">White Checkered-Skipp= er - 3</div><div dir=3D"auto">Fiery Skipper - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br>= </div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">June 6, Santee Coastal = Reserve, Charleston Co.; mosquitoes really heavy, nectaring at yellow thist= le</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Pipevine Swallowtail = - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Black Swallowtail - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">E. = Tiger Swallowtail - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Cabbage White - 2</div><div di= r=3D"auto">Broad-winged Skipper - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div d= ir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">June 6, SR 51 near Georgetown/Willi= amsburg Co. line, Williamsburg Co. (very enjoyable to watch 5 foraging Swal= low-tailed Kites=C2=A0 here)</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"a= uto">Cloudless Sulphur - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Cabbage White - 1</div><d= iv dir=3D"auto">Variegated Fritillary - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Duskywing = sp. - 1</div></div> --00000000000060b04506539ea843-- |
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