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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:56:51 -0400 From: Doug Allen (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: Wateree River HP/WMA |
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--000000000000e2f6c20654031df6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We're fortunate recently to be doing fairly well precipitation wise here in the SC Upstate (Greenville NWS weather) following the winter drought with above average for May and average, so far, for June- *APRIL* Sum 2345 1548 - - 77 80 *2.94* 0.0 - Normal 73.2 48.7 61.0 - 163 42 *4.04* 0.0 - *May* Sum 2434 1761 - - 55 146 *5.05* 0.0 - Normal 80.3 57.5 68.9 - 39 160 *4.07* 0.0 JUNE Sum 822 615 - - 4 75 *1.34* 0.0 - Normal 85.0 63.3 74.2 - 2 93 *1.33* 0.0 - On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 2:54=E2=80=AFPM Harry LeGrand <carolinaleps...>= u> wrote: > For comparison with NC, here is the South Carolina drought map, from this > morning (data through Tuesday): > > https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?SC > > As we can see, Wateree River HP/WMA is indeed in the pale orange Moderate > Drought region. Despite the decent numbers of grass skippers in Francis > Marion National Forest this spring, that area and all of the lower SC coa= st > is in Extreme Drought. > > And the current drought map for all of the Southeast: > > > https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Southe= ast > > So, NC is the only state north of Florida with the full-blown Exceptional > Drought now. Rain, please rain! The butterflies and especially their > hostplants need the rain, and rain also tends to cause pupa to eclose, as > we often see very fresh adult individuals a day or two after a rain event= . > > Harry LeGrand > Raleigh > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 12:45=E2=80=AFPM "<kastners...>" <carolinaleps= @duke.edu> > wrote: > >> Wateree River HP and WMA >> Eastover, SC Richland County >> 6/10/26 10:00-4:40 83-92 degrees Partly cloudy >> >> Dave and I walked our CBMP route and visited other areas of the HP. This >> area is in moderate drought. The fields that were covered with asters la= st >> fall (hence the large number of Pearl Crescents) are now overgrown with >> sweetgum and maple trees. There is still a small area of verbena bloomin= g >> as well as prunella vulgaris. Some ironweed is still present in the fiel= ds >> but not yet blooming. The two Southern Dogface we saw were in flight >> patrolling. >> >> Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2 >> Zebra Swallowtail 8 >> Palamedes Swallowtail 3 >> Black Swallowtail 1 (ovipositing) >> Swallowtail species 3 >> Cloudless Sulphur 1 >> Sleepy Orange 8 >> *Southern Dogface 2* >> Gray Hairstreak 1 >> Pearl Crescent 191 >> Variegated Fritillary 6 >> American Lady 1 >> Common Buckeye 5 >> Red-spotted Purple 1 >> Viceroy 2 (one ovipositing on Balsam Poplar) >> Tawny Emperor 1 >> Carolina Satyr 3 >> Carolina/Intricate Satyr 2 >> Gemmed Satyr 1 >> Satyr species 3 >> Horace=E2=80=99s Duskywing 1 >> Silver-spotted Skipper 1 >> Dun Skipper 4 >> Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 1 >> Skipper species 2 >> >> Marty Kastner >> Blythewood, SC >> >> >> --000000000000e2f6c20654031df6 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><font size=3D"4">We're fortunate= recently to be doing fairly well precipitation wise here in the SC Upstate= =C2=A0(Greenville NWS weather)=C2=A0 following the winter drought with abov= e average for May and average, so far, for June-</font></div><div><br></div= ><div><b><font size=3D"4">APRIL</font></b></div><div> <table class=3D"gmail-tablesorter gmail-tablesorter-default" style=3D"displ= ay:table"><tfoot><tr><th>Sum</th><td class=3D"gmail-col1">2345</td><td clas= s=3D"gmail-col2">1548</td><td class=3D"gmail-col3">-</td><td class=3D"gmail= -col4">-</td><td class=3D"gmail-col5">77</td><td class=3D"gmail-col6">80</t= d><td class=3D"gmail-col7"><b>2.94</b></td><td class=3D"gmail-col8">0.0</td= ><td class=3D"gmail-col9">-</td></tr><tr><th><br></th><td class=3D"gmail-co= l1"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-col2"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-col3"><br= ></td><td class=3D"gmail-col4"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-col5"><br></td><= td class=3D"gmail-col6"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-col7"><br></td><td clas= s=3D"gmail-col8"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-col9"><br></td></tr><tr><th>No= rmal</th><td class=3D"gmail-col1">73.2</td><td class=3D"gmail-col2">48.7</t= d><td class=3D"gmail-col3">61.0</td><td class=3D"gmail-col4">-</td><td clas= s=3D"gmail-col5">163</td><td class=3D"gmail-col6">42</td><td class=3D"gmail= -col7"><b>4.04</b></td><td class=3D"gmail-col8">0.0</td><td class=3D"gmail-= col9">-</td></tr></tfoot></table> <br></div><div><font size=3D"4"><b>May</b></font>=C2=A0 <table class=3D"gmail-tablesorter gmail-tablesorter-default" style=3D"displ= ay:table"><tfoot><tr><th>Sum</th><td class=3D"gmail-col1">2434</td><td clas= s=3D"gmail-col2">1761</td><td class=3D"gmail-col3">-</td><td class=3D"gmail= -col4">-</td><td class=3D"gmail-col5">55</td><td class=3D"gmail-col6">146</= td><td class=3D"gmail-col7"><b>5.05</b></td><td class=3D"gmail-col8">0.0</t= d><td class=3D"gmail-col9">-</td></tr><tr><th><br></th><td class=3D"gmail-c= ol1"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-col2"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-col3"><b= r></td><td class=3D"gmail-col4"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-col5"><br></td>= <td class=3D"gmail-col6"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-col7"><br></td><td cla= ss=3D"gmail-col8"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-col9"><br></td></tr><tr><th>N= ormal</th><td class=3D"gmail-col1">80.3</td><td class=3D"gmail-col2">57.5</= td><td class=3D"gmail-col3">68.9</td><td class=3D"gmail-col4">-</td><td cla= ss=3D"gmail-col5">39</td><td class=3D"gmail-col6">160</td><td class=3D"gmai= l-col7"><b>4.07</b></td><td class=3D"gmail-col8">0.0</td><td class=3D"gmail= -col9"><br></td></tr></tfoot></table> </div></div><div><br></div><div> <table class=3D"gmail-tablesorter gmail-tablesorter-default" style=3D"displ= ay:table"><tfoot><tr><th><font size=3D"4">JUNE<br></font><font size=3D"2"><= span style=3D"font-weight:normal">Sum</span></font><br><br></th><td class= =3D"gmail-col1">822</td><td class=3D"gmail-col2">615</td><td class=3D"gmail= -col3">-</td><td class=3D"gmail-col4">-</td><td class=3D"gmail-col5">4</td>= <td class=3D"gmail-col6">75</td><td class=3D"gmail-col7"><b>1.34</b></td><t= d class=3D"gmail-col8">0.0</td><td class=3D"gmail-col9">-</td></tr><tr><th>= <br></th><td class=3D"gmail-col1"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-col2"><br></t= d><td class=3D"gmail-col3"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-col4"><br></td><td c= lass=3D"gmail-col5"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-col6"><br></td><td class=3D= "gmail-col7"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-col8"><br></td><td class=3D"gmail-= col9"><br></td></tr><tr><th>Normal</th><td class=3D"gmail-col1">85.0</td><t= d class=3D"gmail-col2">63.3</td><td class=3D"gmail-col3">74.2</td><td class= =3D"gmail-col4">-</td><td class=3D"gmail-col5">2</td><td class=3D"gmail-col= 6">93</td><td class=3D"gmail-col7"><b>1.33</b></td><td class=3D"gmail-col8"= >0.0</td><td class=3D"gmail-col9">-</td></tr></tfoot></table> <br></div><div><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><= div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 2:54=E2=80=AFP= M Harry LeGrand <<a href=3D"mailto:<carolinaleps...>">carolinaleps@d= uke.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"= margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-lef= t:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>For comparison with NC, here is the South Caro= lina drought map, from this morning (data through Tuesday):</div><div><br><= /div><div><a href=3D"https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDrought= Monitor.aspx?SC" originalSrc=3D"https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/S= tateDroughtMonitor.aspx?SC" target=3D"_blank">https://droughtmonitor.unl.ed= u/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?SC</a></div><div><br></div><div>As we= can see, Wateree River HP/WMA is indeed in the pale orange Moderate Drough= t region. Despite the decent numbers of grass skippers in Francis Marion Na= tional Forest this spring, that area and all of the lower SC coast is in Ex= treme Drought.</div><div><br></div><div>And the=C2=A0current drought map fo= r all of the Southeast:</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://drought= monitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Southeast" originalSrc= =3D"https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Sout= heast" target=3D"_blank">https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDro= ughtMonitor.aspx?Southeast</a></div><div><br></div><div>So, NC is the only = state north of Florida=C2=A0with the full-blown Exceptional Drought now. Ra= in, please rain! The butterflies and especially their hostplants need the r= ain, and rain also tends to cause pupa to eclose, as we often see very fres= h adult individuals a day or two after a rain event.</div><div><br></div><d= iv>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote= "><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 12:45=E2=80= =AFPM "<a href=3D"mailto:<kastners...>" target=3D"_blank">kastners@= aol.com</a>" <<a href=3D"mailto:<carolinaleps...>" target=3D"_b= lank"><carolinaleps...></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gm= ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,= 204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,s= ans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>Wateree River HP and W= MA</div><div>Eastover, SC Richland County</div><div>6/10/26=C2=A0 =C2=A010:= 00-4:40=C2=A0 =C2=A083-92 degrees=C2=A0 =C2=A0Partly cloudy</div><div><br><= /div><div>Dave and I walked our CBMP route and visited other areas of the H= P. This area is in moderate drought. The fields that were covered with aste= rs last fall (hence the large number of Pearl Crescents) are now overgrown = with sweetgum and maple trees. There is still a small area of verbena bloom= ing as well as prunella vulgaris. Some ironweed is still present in the fie= lds but not yet blooming. The two Southern Dogface we saw were in flight pa= trolling.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Eastern Tiger Swallowtail=C2=A0 = =C2=A02</div><div>Zebra Swallowtail=C2=A0 =C2=A08</div><div>Palamedes Swall= owtail=C2=A0 =C2=A03</div><div>Black Swallowtail=C2=A0 =C2=A01 (ovipositing= )</div><div>Swallowtail species=C2=A0 =C2=A03</div><div>Cloudless Sulphur= =C2=A0 =C2=A01</div><div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 =C2=A08</div><div><b>Southern = Dogface=C2=A0 =C2=A02</b></div><div>Gray Hairstreak=C2=A0 =C2=A01</div><div= >Pearl Crescent=C2=A0 =C2=A0191</div><div>Variegated Fritillary=C2=A0 =C2= =A06</div><div>American Lady=C2=A0 =C2=A01</div><div>Common Buckeye=C2=A0 = =C2=A0 5</div><div>Red-spotted Purple=C2=A0 =C2=A01</div><div>Viceroy=C2=A0= =C2=A02 (one ovipositing on Balsam Poplar)</div><div>Tawny Emperor=C2=A0 = =C2=A01</div><div>Carolina Satyr=C2=A0 =C2=A03</div><div>Carolina/Intricate= Satyr=C2=A0 =C2=A02</div><div>Gemmed Satyr=C2=A0 =C2=A01</div><div>Satyr s= pecies=C2=A0 =C2=A03</div><div>Horace=E2=80=99s Duskywing=C2=A0 =C2=A01</di= v><div>Silver-spotted Skipper=C2=A0 =C2=A01</div><div>Dun Skipper=C2=A0 =C2= =A04</div><div>Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper=C2=A0 =C2=A01</div><div>Skipper= species=C2=A0 =C2=A02</div><div><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Marty Kastner</= div><div dir=3D"ltr">Blythewood, SC</div><div><br></div></div><br></div></d= iv></div></blockquote></div> </blockquote></div></div> --000000000000e2f6c20654031df6-- |
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