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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:00:50 -0400 From: <dallen5...> Subject: from the north central South Carolina coast |
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Santee Delta East, Georgetown County, SC. CBMP survey #8. Walked 1.0 mile on the impoundment dike that starts at the Highway 17 parking lot. July 28, 2026. 10:23 am - 12:10 pm. Sunny, 86 F. Dennis Allen Black Swallowtail 2 Palamedes Swallowtail 1 Gulf Fritillary 13 Variegated Fritillary 2 Pearl Crescent 3 Viceroy 3 Monarch 1 Silver-spotted Skipper 3 White Checkered-Skipper 2 Clouded Skipper 2 Delaware Skipper 1 Broad-winged Skipper 2 unidentified dark skipper 1 Black Swallowtails and some Gulf Fritillaries were on Vervain. Delaware, Broad-winged, and Silver-spotted Skippers were on the <10 Pickerelweed flowers seen. Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudebeckia lacinata) was conspicuous but no butterflies were among the 100+ flowers. Most fritillaries were around a patch of Passionflower. Most others settling on grass or road but not nectaring. |
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