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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2024 16:39:50 +0000 (UTC) From: \<kastners...>\ (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: CBS Midlands Chapter SI Group Trip Report |
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------=_Part_4185705_1359902868.1725813590660 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter Trip ReportSI Group, Orangeburg= , SCSeptember 7, 2024=C2=A0 =C2=A012:30-4:45=C2=A0 =C2=A0Light rain turning= to sunny=C2=A0 =C2=A073-85 degrees We moved our starting time later due to predicted rain and it was still dri= zzling when we began our walk. We began by checking the croton for Goatweed= Leafwing larva and found several of those. We also found a couple of butte= rflies flying in the light drizzle. Around 1:00 the rain stopped, and the s= un came out and so did the butterflies. One of the main fields of croton ha= d only a few plants in it, but the area in the powerline still had plenty o= f croton. We walked the powerline, then into a wooded area near a creek and= finally walked down to the North Fork of the Edisto River so we covered ma= ny types of habitats. Diane Curlee was our leader. In attendance were Aliso= n Smith, Tom Austin, Scott Wietecha, and Dave and Marty Kastner. Palamedes Swallowtail=C2=A0 =C2=A017Eastern Tiger Swallowtail=C2=A0 =C2=A05= Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 =C2=A013Cloudless Sulphur=C2=A0 =C2=A012Red-banded Hair= streak=C2=A0 =C2=A01Gray Hairstreak=C2=A0 =C2=A04Gulf Fritillary=C2=A0 =C2= =A05Variegated Fritillary=C2=A0 =C2=A03Pearl Crescent=C2=A0 =C2=A01Common B= uckeye=C2=A0 =C2=A07Viceroy=C2=A0 =C2=A01=C2=A0Goatweed Leafwing=C2=A0 =C2= =A08 (including 1 mated pair, plus at least 18 caterpillars)Hackberry Emper= or=C2=A0 =C2=A01Appalachian Brown=C2=A0 =C2=A01Creole Pearly-eye=C2=A0 =C2= =A03Southern Pearly-eye=C2=A0 =C2=A01Pearly-eye species=C2=A0 =C2=A02Caroli= na Satyr=C2=A0 =C2=A06Carolina/Intricate Satyr=C2=A0 =C2=A09Gemmed Satyr=C2= =A0 =C2=A02Silver-spotted Skipper=C2=A0 =C2=A05Long-tailed Skipper=C2=A0 = =C2=A03Horace=E2=80=99s Duskywing=C2=A0 =C2=A02Zarucco Duskywing=C2=A0 =C2= =A04Least Skipper=C2=A0 =C2=A02Fiery Skipper=C2=A0 =C2=A03Whirlabout=C2=A0 = =C2=A01Dun Skipper=C2=A0 =C2=A01Clouded Skipper=C2=A0 =C2=A04Byssus Skipper= =C2=A0 =C2=A02 28 species129 butterflies ------=_Part_4185705_1359902868.1725813590660 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body><div class=3D"yahoo-style-wrap" style=3D"font-fami= ly:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setd= ir=3D"false"><div><div><b>Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter Trip = Report</b></div><div><b>SI Group, Orangeburg, SC</b></div><div><b>September= 7, 2024 12:30-4:45 Light rain turning to sunny&nbs= p; 73-85 degrees</b></div><div><br></div><div>We moved our starting t= ime later due to predicted rain and it was still drizzling when we began ou= r walk. We began by checking the croton for Goatweed Leafwing larva and fou= nd several of those. We also found a couple of butterflies flying in the li= ght drizzle. Around 1:00 the rain stopped, and the sun came out and so did = the butterflies. One of the main fields of croton had only a few plants in = it, but the area in the powerline still had plenty of croton. We walked the= powerline, then into a wooded area near a creek and finally walked down to= the North Fork of the Edisto River so we covered many types of habitats. D= iane Curlee was our leader. In attendance were Alison Smith, Tom Austin, Sc= ott Wietecha, and Dave and Marty Kastner.</div><div><br></div><div>Palamede= s Swallowtail 17</div><div>Eastern Tiger Swallowtail &nbs= p;5</div><div>Sleepy Orange 13</div><div>Cloudless Sulphur = ; 12</div><div>Red-banded Hairstreak 1</div><div>Gray Hai= rstreak 4</div><div>Gulf Fritillary 5</div><div>Var= iegated Fritillary 3</div><div>Pearl Crescent 1</di= v><div>Common Buckeye 7</div><div>Viceroy 1 </= div><div><b>Goatweed Leafwing 8</b> (including 1 mated pair, pl= us at least 18 caterpillars)</div><div>Hackberry Emperor 1</div= ><div>Appalachian Brown 1</div><div>Creole Pearly-eye &nb= sp;3</div><div>Southern Pearly-eye 1</div><div>Pearly-eye speci= es 2</div><div>Carolina Satyr 6</div><div>Carolina/= Intricate Satyr 9</div><div>Gemmed Satyr 2</div><di= v>Silver-spotted Skipper 5</div><div>Long-tailed Skipper = 3</div><div>Horace=E2=80=99s Duskywing 2</div><div>Zarucc= o Duskywing 4</div><div>Least Skipper 2</div><div>F= iery Skipper 3</div><div>Whirlabout 1</div><div>Dun= Skipper 1</div><div>Clouded Skipper 4</div><div>By= ssus Skipper 2</div><div><br></div><div>28 species</div><div>12= 9 butterflies</div><div><br></div></div><br></div></div></body></html> ------=_Part_4185705_1359902868.1725813590660-- |
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