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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 09:57:00 -0400 From: <dallen5...> Subject: from the north central South Carolina coast |
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Santee Delta East, Georgetown County, SC. Walked the 1-mile CBMP survey route along the dike separating the North Santee River and wetland impoundments. September 30, 2026. 11:45 am - 1:00 pm. mostly sunny. 83F Dennis Allen Palamedes Swallowtail 1 Cloudless Sulphur 62 Sleepy Orange 4 Gray Hairstreak 8 Red-banded Hairstreak 42 unidentified hairstreaks 2 Gulf Fritillary 45 Variegated Fritillary 1 Pearl Crescent 1 Common Buckeye 12 Viceroy 4 Long-tailed Skipper 4 Zarucco Duskywing 1 White Checkered-Skipper 4 Tropical Checkered Skipper 2 unidentified checkered-skippers 2 Clouded Skipper 3 Fiery Skipper 2 Broad-winged Skipper 1 Salt Marsh Skipper 2 Ocola Skipper 85 unidentified skippers 3 Cutleaf Coneflower continues to dominate and is probably at its peak. Most nectaring butterflies including all of the skippers except the checkered skippers were on or around it. Most Goldenrod is flowering and attracting mostly hairstreaks. Cloudless Sulphurs were mostly on Pievine (morning glory). Gulf Fritillaries were mostly on Vervain. Viceroys and checkered skippers were not nectaring. Climbing Hempvine, Trumpet Vine, Japanese Honeysuckle, small blue asters, and Eupatorium were in flower but no butterfly activity. Only one flowering Pickerelweed plant was observed. |
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