Congaree National Park, SC Count

September 27, 2008

Trip Report

CBS Midlands Chapter

Congaree National Park

September 27, 2008

Our field trip to Congaree National Park on September 27, 2008 was led by Christina Hulslander and was also a count for NABA. In attendance were: Louise Watkins, Robert and Stephanie Eaddy, Susan Creed, Creed Branham, Elaine Stonecypher and Dave and Marty Kastner.

We met at 11:00. It had rained all day the day before the walk, was foggy and cloudy in the morning, but by 11:00, the sun began to shine. The temperature was 83 degrees.

In addition to butterflies, we observed wolly aphids, the food for Harvester caterpillars, on beech trees.

Below are the butterflies we saw:

Orange Sulpher 1

Cloudless Sulpher 7

Little Yellow 7

Red-Banded Hairstreak 1

Eastern Tailed Blue 5

Unidentified Blue 2

Gulf Fritillary 25

Phaon Crescent 2

Pearl Crescent 56

Unidentified Question Mark or Comma 1

American Lady 2

Common Buckeye 3

Red-Spotted Purple 4

Hackberry Emperor 1

Southern Pearly-Eye 24

Creole Pearly-Eye 2

Appalachian Brown 58

Gemmed Satyr 4

Carolina Satyr 12

Monarch 1

Silver-spotted Skipper 2

Long-tailed Skipper 5

Clouded Skipper 26

Least Skipper 3

Fiery Skipper 3

Zabulon Skipper 3

Dun Skipper 27

Lace-winged Roadside Skipper 24

Little Glassywing 2

Total: 313 butterflies 29 Species: