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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 16:38:53 -0500 From: dallen5 (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: from the north central South Carolina coast |
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Campbell Marine Complex, Sampit River at the City of Georgetown, SC. I walked about 0.8 miles across manicured lawns with a focus on patches of flowers that were mostly at the edge of the surrounding forests. November 8, 2026. 1:50 - 2:50 pm. Sunny and 66F. Dennis Allen Cloudless Sulphur 3 Gulf Fritillary 5 Common Buckeye 5 Long-tailed Skipper 1 White Checkered-Skipper 3 (including one so worn it was barely recognizable) Clouded Skipper 8 (males and females, some very worn) Fiery Skipper 1 (female quite worn) Delaware Skipper 1 (female) Ocola Skipper 10 (about half were quite worn) unidentified dark skippers 4 (likely Ocola) Almost all skippers and some Common Buckeyes were on medium-sized, morning glory-like pink flowers or on small blue or white asters. Large butterflies were in flight or set on grass on large green leaves. The once abundant Frogfruit has withered and the Goldenrod is browning. All 5 large stormwater ponds have been bulldozed and plowed, removing all wetland vegetation and re-shaping the basin. |
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