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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 20:50:24 -0400 From: Mike Turner (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Marlboro County, SC butterflies-Saturday, 9/19/2026 |
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--0000000000007fa2d9065bdf85a1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I spent the afternoon exploring a state road in the Welsh Neck community of Marlboro County, next to the Great Pee Dee River. The road is approximately 3 miles long and I just walked up and down the road a few times looking for butterflies. There were a lot of nectar sources in bloom; Mist-flower, Elephant's-foot, a couple species of *Verbesina*, and a few sunflowers. The purple composites accounted for the large number of Clouded Skippers. I saw one species new for the county, a single Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper. The other highlight was one Gulf Fritillary, which has been hard to find this year. I was pleased to see 26 species here. Good butterflying. Spicebush Swallowtail 4 Palamedes Swallowtail 1 Sleepy Orange 91 Cloudless Sulphur 38 Gray Hairstreak 1 Gulf Fritillary 1 Variegated Fritillary 19 Viceroy 6 Red-spotted Purple 5 Hackberry Emperor 3 Eastern Comma 1 American Lady 1 Common Buckeye 14 Pearl Crescent 69 Southern Pearly-eye 4 Gemmed Satyr 2 Carolina Satyr 3 Silver-spotted Skipper 10 checkered-skipper sp. 32 Dun Skipper 2 Fiery Skipper 15 Whirlabout 1 Zabulon Skipper 2 Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 1 Clouded Skipper 70 Least Skipper 1 Mike Turner Fayetteville, NC --0000000000007fa2d9065bdf85a1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I spent the afternoon exploring a state road in the W= elsh Neck community=C2=A0of Marlboro County, next to the Great Pee Dee Rive= r. The road is approximately 3 miles long and I just walked up and down the= road a few times looking for butterflies. There were a lot of=C2=A0nectar = sources in bloom; Mist-flower, Elephant's-foot, a couple species of <i>= Verbesina</i>, and a few sunflowers. The purple composites accounted for th= e large number of Clouded Skippers. I saw one species new for the county, a= single=C2=A0Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper. The other highlight was one Gulf= Fritillary, which has been hard to find this year. I was pleased to see 26= species here. Good butterflying.</div><div><br></div><div>Spicebush Swallo= wtail 4<br>Palamedes Swallowtail 1<br>Sleepy Orange 91<br>Cloudless Sulphur= 38<br>Gray Hairstreak 1<br>Gulf Fritillary 1<br>Variegated Fritillary 19<b= r>Viceroy 6<br>Red-spotted Purple 5<br>Hackberry Emperor 3<br>Eastern Comma= 1<br>American Lady 1<br>Common Buckeye 14<br>Pearl Crescent 69<br>Southern= Pearly-eye 4<br>Gemmed Satyr 2<br>Carolina Satyr 3<br>Silver-spotted Skipp= er 10<br>checkered-skipper sp. 32<br>Dun Skipper 2<br>Fiery Skipper 15<br>W= hirlabout 1<br>Zabulon Skipper 2<br>Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 1<br>Cloud= ed Skipper 70<br>Least Skipper 1<br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir=3D"l= tr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir= =3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Mike Turner<br></= div>Fayetteville, NC<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> --0000000000007fa2d9065bdf85a1-- |
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