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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:25:17 +0000 (UTC) From: kastners (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Gum Swamp Road |
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------=_Part_1185206_828155384.1786368317972 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter Trip ReportGum Swamp Road, Jack= son, Aiken County, SC8/8/26=C2=A0 =C2=A09:15 AM - 3:20 PM=C2=A0 =C2=A079-91= degrees with very high humidity!=C2=A0 Mostly sunnyIt had rained here the = previous day so there were a few puddles but only one puddle party. John De= mko was our leader. In attendance were Alison Smith, Scott Wietecha, Claudi= a Stratmann, Ron Ahle, Nancy Adamson and Dave and Marty Kastner. One of the= neighbors joined us at the beginning of the day.=C2=A0 A big thank you to = Marty Kastner for keeping the tally of butterflies. Zebra Swallowtail=C2=A0 =C2=A031Spicebush Swallowtail=C2=A0 =C2=A09Eastern = Tiger Swallowtail=C2=A0 =C2=A05 Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 =C2=A086 (including one= ovipositing on sicklepod)Cloudless Sulphur=C2=A0 =C2=A018Harvester=C2=A0 = =C2=A01Gulf Fritillary=C2=A0 =C2=A05Variegated Fritillary=C2=A0 =C2=A03Silv= ery Checkerspot=C2=A0 =C2=A03 (plus hundreds of caterpillars including 1 in= =E2=80=9CJ=E2=80=9D form ready to pupate)Pearl Crescent=C2=A0 =C2=A010East= ern Comma=C2=A0 =C2=A02Question Mark=C2=A0 =C2=A01Anglewing species=C2=A0 = =C2=A01Red Admiral=C2=A0 =C2=A07American Snout=C2=A0 =C2=A05Red-spotted Pur= ple=C2=A0 =C2=A07Viceroy=C2=A0 =C2=A02Hackberry Emperor=C2=A0 =C2=A05Creole= Pearly-eye=C2=A0 =C2=A01Carolina Satyr=C2=A0 =C2=A02Intricate Satyr=C2=A0 = =C2=A01Horace=E2=80=99s Duskywing=C2=A0 =C2=A08Duskywing species=C2=A0 =C2= =A03White Checkered-Skipper=C2=A0 =C2=A09Checkered-Skipper species=C2=A0 = =C2=A06Clouded Skipper=C2=A0 =C2=A03Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper=C2=A0 =C2= =A015Common Species missed from previous years include: Black Swallowtail, = Cabbage White, Little Yellow, Red-banded Hairstreak, Gray Hairstreak, Tawny= Emperor, Texan Crescent, Southern Pearly-eye, Gemmed Satyr, Silver-spotted= Skipper, Long-tailed Skipper, Tropical Checkered-Skipper, Zarucco Duskywin= g, Least Skipper, Fiery Skipper, Little Glassywing, Dun Skipper, and Ocola = Skipper.While it did rain the previous day, the water table remains well be= low normal levels.=C2=A0 The butterfly situation in the area continues to b= e very sad.Prior to the beginning of the walk, the group got a bonus with t= he the sighting of multiple Swallow-tailed and Mississippi Kites feeding at= the meeting point on Gum Swamp Road. Marty Kastner, BlythewoodJohn Demko, Aiken ------=_Part_1185206_828155384.1786368317972 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Ari= al, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapte= r Trip Report</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe= UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Gum Swamp Road, Jackson= , Aiken County, SC</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, = Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">8/8/26  = ;9:15 AM - 3:20 PM 79-91 degrees with very high humidity! = Mostly sunny</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe= UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">It had rained here the = previous day so there were a few puddles but only one puddle party. John De= mko was our leader. In attendance were Alison Smith, Scott Wietecha, Claudi= a Stratmann, Ron Ahle, Nancy Adamson and Dave and Marty Kastner. One of the= neighbors joined us at the beginning of the day. A big thank you to = Marty Kastner for keeping the tally of butterflies.</div><div style=3D"font= -family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; fo= nt-size: 12pt"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue,= Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Zebra Swallowtail= 31</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Seg= oe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Spicebush Swallowtail= 9</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Sego= e UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Eastern Tiger Swallowt= ail 5 </div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, = Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Sleepy Orange = ; 86 (including one ovipositing on sicklepod)</div><div style=3D"font= -family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; fo= nt-size: 12pt">Cloudless Sulphur 18</div><div style=3D"font-fam= ily: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-s= ize: 12pt"><b>Harvester 1</b></div><div style=3D"font-family: M= atter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 2pt">Gulf Fritillary 5</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, = Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Va= riegated Fritillary 3</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, H= elvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Sil= very Checkerspot 3 (plus hundreds of caterpillars including 1 i= n =E2=80=9CJ=E2=80=9D form ready to pupate)</div><div style=3D"font-family:= Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:= 12pt">Pearl Crescent 10</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter= , Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">= Eastern Comma 2</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helveti= ca Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Question = Mark 1</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, = Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Anglewing species&= nbsp; 1</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe= UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Red Admiral  = ;7</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvet= ica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">American Snout 5</div>= <div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Ari= al, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Red-spotted Purple 7</div><div= style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, = sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Viceroy 2</div><div style=3D"font-= family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; fon= t-size: 12pt">Hackberry Emperor 5</div><div style=3D"font-famil= y: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-siz= e: 12pt">Creole Pearly-eye 1</div><div style=3D"font-family: Ma= tter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12= pt">Carolina Satyr 2</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, He= lvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"><b>I= ntricate Satyr 1</b></div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, He= lvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Hora= ce=E2=80=99s Duskywing 8</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter= , Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">= Duskywing species 3</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Hel= vetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">White= Checkered-Skipper 9</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, He= lvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Chec= kered-Skipper species 6</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter,= Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">C= louded Skipper 3</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvet= ica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Lace-win= ged Roadside-Skipper 15</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter,= Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">C= ommon Species missed from previous years include: Black Swallowtail, Cabbag= e White, Little Yellow, Red-banded Hairstreak, Gray Hairstreak, Tawny Emper= or, Texan Crescent, Southern Pearly-eye, Gemmed Satyr, Silver-spotted Skipp= er, Long-tailed Skipper, Tropical Checkered-Skipper, Zarucco Duskywing, Lea= st Skipper, Fiery Skipper, Little Glassywing, Dun Skipper, and Ocola Skippe= r.</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvet= ica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">While it did rain the previous day= , the water table remains well below normal levels. The butterfly sit= uation in the area continues to be very sad.</div><div style=3D"font-family= : Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size= : 12pt">Prior to the beginning of the walk, the group got a bonus with the = the sighting of multiple Swallow-tailed and Mississippi Kites feeding at th= e meeting point on Gum Swamp Road.</div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, = Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"><b= r></div><div style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvet= ica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">Marty Kastner, Blythewood</div><di= v style=3D"font-family: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial,= sans-serif; font-size: 12pt">John Demko, Aiken</div><div style=3D"font-fam= ily: Matter, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-s= ize: 12pt"><br></div> ------=_Part_1185206_828155384.1786368317972-- |
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