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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:07:39 -0400 From: <dallen5...> Subject: from the north central South Carolina coast |
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Santee Delta East, Georgetown County, SC. Carolinas Butterfly Monitoring Program survey #9. Walked the one -mile route on the dike adjacent to tidal freshwater marshes and swamps. August 11, 2026. 10:35 am - 12:10 pm. Clear, sunny 88 F. Dennis Allen and Bill Farnsworth Black Swallowtail 3 Palamedes Swallowtail 1 unidentified dark swallowtail 2 Cloudless Sulphur 1 Gulf Fritillary 12 Pearl Crescent 2 Viceroy 3 Silver-spotted Skipper 1 Clouded Skipper 1 Fiery Skipper 1 Rare Skipper 1 Silver-spotted and Rare Skippers on the few (<12) Pickerelweeds in flower. Some Gulf Fritillaries were on Vervain but most were fluttering over other vegetation, as were all of the other species. Hundreds of Cutleaf Coneflowers were actively used by bees and wasps but not a single butterfly. The surface of the dike was mowed that morning. The slopes were densely vegetated. |
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