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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:48:38 -0400 From: <dallen5...> Subject: From the north central South Carolina coast |
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Hobcaw Barony, Georgetown County, SC. walked about one acre of a sandy, dry Longleaf Pine stand near the highway entrance. September 12, 2026. 9;30 - 11:15 am. Sunny, 82F. Dennis Allen Palamedes Swallowtail 7 Cloudless Sulphur 14 Little Metalmark 1 Gulf Fritillary 9 Pearl Crescent 10 Common Buckeye 6 Southern Cloudywing 1 Horace's Duskywing 3 Zarucco Duskywing 4 unidentified duskywings 2 Swarthy Skipper 5 Clouded Skipper 9 Least Skipper 1 Fiery Skipper 2 Tawny-edged Skipper 3 Whirlabout 14 Southern Broken-Dash 6 Delaware Skipper 1 Dun Skipper 5 unidentified skippers 4 Most swallowtails, sulphurs, and buckeyes were in motion. All others were on or around small pink pea flowers, medium-sized purple pea flowers, white lythrum, eupatorium, or blazing star. This site was one of many surveyed the previous Saturday Sept. 5 by a team participating in the Hobcaw Barony NABA Count. The results for that survey will be posted when the final tally becomes available. Sightings reported here are very similar to those recorded for the same site on the Sept. 5 Count, except more eyes spotted more metalmarks. |
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