Hobcaw Barony Butterfly Count
July 06, 2002
Clay & I immensely enjoyed being ON the counts again and seeing many of you.
We've attached the results of this year's counts (Francis Marion NF, SC, Butterfly Count on July 5, 2002, and the Hobcaw Barony, SC, Butterfly Count on July 6, 2002). Couldn't have done these counts without your help. Thank you all for your terrific efforts. We even added quite a few new species this year. Fun how we continue to learn even when we think we know what to expect. Thank you for making this possible! Hope you'll join us for next year's counts.


Pipevine Swallowtail (5)
Black Swallowtail (3)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (14)
Spicebush Swallowtail (2)
Palamedes Swallowtail (214)
Cloudless Sulphur (3)
Little Yellow (3)
Sleepy Orange (15)
'Olive' Juniper Hairstreak (1)
Gray Hairstreak (1)
Eastern Pygmy Blue (1)
American Snout (2)
Gulf Fritillary (2)
Variegated Fritillary (3)
Texan Crescent (1)
Pearl Crescent (9)
Red Admiral (1)
Common Buckeye (4)
Red-spotted Purple (2)
Viceroy (2)
Hackberry Emperor (1)
pearly eye sp. (2)
Appalachian Brown (2)
Carolina Satyr (8)
Little Wood Satyr (9)
Monarch (2)
Silver-spotted Skipper (29)
Southern Cloudywing (2)
Horace's Duskywing (6)
Zarucco Duskywing (1)
Wild Indigo Duskywing (1)
duskywing sp. (1)
Common Checkered Skipper (2)
Swarthy Skipper (1)
Clouded Skipper (1)
Southern Skipperling (7)
Fiery Skipper (24)
Whirlabout (10) 0
Little Glassywing (1)
Sachem (1)
Delaware Skipper (5)
Broad-winged Skipper (10)
Dun Skipper (5)
Eufala Skipper (1) .
Salt Marsh Skipper (4)
Ocola Skipper (3)
TOTAL # OF INDIVIDUALS 427
TOTAL # OF SPECIES 45

CUMULATIVE SPECIES COUNT AS OF 2002 = 68
# OF OBSERVERS 9
# OF PARTIES 4


COUNT CIRCLE DESCRIPTION Center: @ 8 miles NE of Georgetown on Kings River Road 1/2 mile north of intersection
"with Route 17. Count circle includes eastern Georgetown, Wendy & Dennis Allen's yard & neighborhood, Hobcaw Barony (Belle Baruch "
"Foundation), Debordieu Island, Samworth Game Management Area, Brookgreen Gardens, & southern Huntington Beach State Park."

"2002 FIELD NOTES: 45 species were recorded. 5 new species were added in 2002 ('Olive' Juniper Hairstreak, Texan Crescent, "
"Hackberry Emperor, Little Glassywing, & Sachem), bringing the cumulative species count up to 68. The 'Olive' Juniper Hairstreak was "
"near its SC hostplant (a new tree for me), Southern Red Cedar (Juniper saliciola) on a saltmarsh island/road. The white thistle field"
" at Hobcaw Barony, which is normally responsible for the enormous numbers of Palamades Swallowtails (National High 5 out of 9 "
years) was a mere shadow of itself & our swallowtail numbers reflected this. John Taggart ID'd this white thistle that is such
a super nectar plant on our 2 SC butterfly counts as: Cirsium (or Carduus) nuttallii.

Weather: 72-84 degrees F; E 5-10 mph; 100% clear all day. Rain night before count.

Take care & Happy Butterflying!
Pat Sutton & Wendy Allen, Count Compilers