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<\/a>Other than a successful Carolina Butterfly Society sponsored weekend 2-3 June to the Francis Marion National Forest, butterfly numbers and diversity were very low across all of South Carolina\u00a0during June-August.\u00a0 A Midlands Chapter CBS field trip scheduled for 25 June to the Enoree District, Sumter NF,\u00a0 was canceled because of the lack of butterflies. Things did not improve until late August.\u00a0As Harry LeGrande commented elsewhere the 2nd brood of butterflies seemed to be 2-3 weeks early this fall. So my 4 September visit to the Carolina Sand Hills NWR failed to locate any of the expected Dotted Skipper but instead found a Meske’s Skipper, a species which is more usual in late September-early October.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Palamedes Swallowtail: One photographed on Thermal\nTrail, 19 August by \u201cMadam X\u201d was a\nLancaster Co. record which filled in a gap in the species range in Northeast\nSouth Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Checkered White: There were 4 reports this season: 16 June, 8 along Hy 601 near Ft Motte, Calhoun Co., a known location (Dennis and Donna Forsythe); 7 July, 3 near Radcliffe State Park, Aiken Co., a known location (Dennis Forsythe); 13 November, 1 on the Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive, Savannah NWR, Jasper Co. a new location but not a county record (Elizabeth Anderegg); and 9 August, 1 on Wire Road near Carolina Sandhills NWR was a new county record (Will Stuart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Great Southern White: There were 2 records of this\nsouthern visitor this fall: One seen by Sue Farnsworth at Hobcaw Barony,\nGeorgetown Co. on 1 September during the Hobcaw Barony NABA Count; and 3 seen\n27 September at Point of Pines Road, Edisto Is, Charleston Co. by Tom Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Large Orange Sulfur: A male observed at Holy Cross\nCemetery, James Is on 17 November by Dennis Forsythe, was only the 4th<\/sup>\nrecord for South Carolina and a 1st<\/sup> for Charleston Co. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Great Purple Hairstreak: Will Stuart observed one at\nthe Carolina Sandhills NWR, Chesterfield Co. \n8 June and Dr. April Gordon photographed 1on Taw Caw Drive, Clarendon\nCo. 10 September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n King’s Hairstreak: An individual photographed by Tom Austin\non 26 May at Roxbury Park, Charleston Co. was new for the park. One\nphotographed by Will Stuart at pool A, Carolina Sandhills NWR on 10 June was\nnew to the refuge and Chesterfield Co. \nDennis Forsythe had a worn individual 3 June on Chinquipin along Hy 41\nat a known location in the Charleston Co. section of the Francis Marion NF and Bob Dellinger had 2\nat the same location on 5 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Summer Azure: One photographed by Carolyn Seaton 17 August \nat Indian Lands was a Lancaster Co. record, leaving only Marion County\nwithout a record for this species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zebra Longwing: There was not large scale irruption\nof Zebra Longwings like we experienced in 2017. \nThe first report for this year was 1 photographed by Dennis Forsythe at\nSantee Delta WMA-West on 2 September during the Francis Marion NF NABA\nCount. Donna Forsythe had between 1-3\nindividuals at 748 Swanson Ave and\nvicinity, James Is, 3 September- 2\nOctober. Peter Strangel had 1 at his\nhouse in Aiken, 12 September. Tom Austin\nhad 1 on 26 July on Edisto Is. One was photographed by many on a Savannah NWR\nButterfly Field trip at the Cistern Trail, Savannah NWR 29 September and lastly\nPeter Strangel had 1 on the Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive, Savannah NWR 1 October.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Diana Fritillary: Notable were 2 females on 23 August\nand 1 female of 24 August along the Spy Rock (FS 748) Road, in the Oconee Co.\nsection of the Andrew Pickens District, Sumter NF, a new location for this\nuncommon species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Painted Lady: After last year’s widespread\noccurrence, there are only 3 sightings this year. One photographed 29 October at Pine Is,\nSantee NWR by Chris Snook, 1 seen at Doko Meadows, Blythewood by Marty Kastner and 1 photographed by Dennis\nForsythe 3 November at the BP Station, Santee, SC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Texan Crescent: There were 5 reports of this species this season: Dennis Forsythe had 1 on 17 July along Gum Swamp Road, Aiken Co. ( a new location) and John Demko had 3 along the same road 14 July; Elizabeth Anderegg photographed 1 on 18 October and Dennis Forsythe photographed 1 on 30 October along the Savannah River Trail, Webb Wildlife Center, Hampton Co., a population first reported by Jacquie and Brian Penny this spring. Marty and Dave Kastner had a single individual along the Timmerman Trail, Cayce, Lexington Co., 13 October. They had 1 in almost the same location 21 October 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creole Pearly-eye: One was reported from a usual\nlocation Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary, Aiken Co., 1 June (Peter Strangel); 6\nwere seen at Congaree NP, Richland Co. 25 July (Tom Austin & Alison Smith) and\n1 was photographed 23 August on FS 748 Rd, Oconee Co. (Dennis Forsythe).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gemmed Satyr: This common species was reported from\nCharleston, Georgetown and Orangeburg counties this season, One photographed by Matt Campbell on Main &\nBeulah Streets, Due West, 4\nSeptember was a county record for the under surveyed Abbeville Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Intricate Satyr: Besides records 2-24 June and 6 October for the known population\nat Roxbury Park reported by Tom Austin, \nMarty and Dave Kastner photographed 3 on 22 September at Childsbury\nTowne Heritage Preserve for a Berkeley Co. record which fills in a gap in this\nspecies South Carolina range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Queen: Tom Austin had Queens for several days in late\nJune at Roxbury Park, Meggett and 1 was seen during the count week for the Hobcaw\nBarony NABA Count (1 September). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Long-tailed Skipper: Matt Campbell photographed an\nindividual at Erskine College 15 October \nand 1 17 October on Paige Rd near Honea Path for an Abbeville and\nAnderson Co. record respectively, This\nleaves only Cherokee and Marlboro counties without records for this species. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mottled Duskywing: Always a good find was 1\nphotographed by Dennis Forsythe 7 August on Cedar Creek (FS 744c) Rd, a known\nlocation in the Oconee Co. section of the Andrew Pickens District, Sumter NF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Common Sootywing: \nDonna and Dennis Forsythe had 2 on Bethel Forest Rd, Orangeburg Co. on\n22 July (a known location); Dennis Forsythe had 1 at Holy Cross Cemetery, James\nIsland 9 October (a new location) and Will Cook had 1 on 6 June along a forest road in the Union Co.\nsection, Enoree District, Sumter NF (a county record).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Byssus Skipper: Will Cook had a Byssus Skipper 2\nAugust, near the Galilee Baptist Church, in the Union Co. section of the Enoree\nDistrict, Sumter NF. This is not only a\nUnion County record but it nicely fills the gap in this species SC\ndistribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reversed Roadside-Skipper: Three photographed by\nDennis Forsythe on Cedar Creek (FS 744c) Rd in the Oconee Co. section of the\nAndrew Pickens District, Sumter NF were noteworthy. This known location is away from the better\nknow Francis Marion NF locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brazilian Skipper: The strong movement of Brazilian\nSkippers in South Carolina first noted this spring continued unabated through\nto this autumn. I have seen more adult Brazilian Skippers this year than I have \nin the past 10 years. There were\nreports from at least 10 counties this season. \nCounties where this species was known include: Aiken (John Demko), Charleston (many observers), Calhoun\n(Donna and Dennis Forsythe), Georgetown (Dennis Forsythe) and Jasper (many\nobservers). New country records\nincluded: Greenwood (Rusty Wilson), Greenville (Robert Barnett), Lancaster (Carolyn Seaton), Oconee\n(Dennis Forsythe) and Spartanburg (Dennis Forsythe).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Dennis M Forsythe, Emeritus Professor of Biology, The Citadel, Charleston, SC Other than a successful Carolina Butterfly Society sponsored weekend 2-3 June to the Francis Marion National Forest, butterfly numbers and diversity were very low across all of South Carolina\u00a0during June-August.\u00a0 A Midlands Chapter CBS field trip scheduled for 25 June to the Enoree District, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"better_featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-butterfly.org\/wordpress\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-butterfly.org\/wordpress\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-butterfly.org\/wordpress\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-butterfly.org\/wordpress\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-butterfly.org\/wordpress\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-butterfly.org\/wordpress\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1171,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-butterfly.org\/wordpress\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions\/1171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-butterfly.org\/wordpress\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-butterfly.org\/wordpress\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-butterfly.org\/wordpress\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/figure>\n\n\n\n