Charleston-East SC Butterfly Count
July 12, 2002
Black Swallowtail (2)
Giant Swallowtail (4)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (2)
Spicebush Swallowtail (3)
Palamedes Swallowtail (25)
Cabbage White (1)
Cloudless Sulphur (4)
Little Yellow (2)
Sleepy Orange (4)
Gray Hairstreak (1)
Eastern Pygmy Blue (1)
Summer Azure (1)
American Snout (9)
Gulf Fritillary (21)
Phaon Crescent (2)
Pearl Crescent (23)
Viceroy (3)
Hackberry Emperor (25)
Appalachian Brown (1)
Carolina Satyr (2)
Silver-spotted Skipper (4)
Southern Cloudywing (4)
Confused Cloudywing (2)
Horace's Duskywing (38)
Common Checkered Skipper (2)
Common Sootywing (57)
Clouded Skipper (1)
Southern Skipperling (1)
Fiery Skipper (36)
Whirlabout (8)
Dun Skipper (1)
Eufala Skipper (2)
Brazilian Skipper (4) +4 cats
Salt Marsh Skipper (11)
Ocola Skipper (1)

TOTAL # OF INDIVIDUALS 288
TOTAL # OF SPECIES 35

COUNT CIRCLE DESCRIPTION: Center: Rathall Creek, Wando River, Charleston County, SC (32.5o N, 79.5o W)
Circle Includes: Ft. Johnson, Mt. Pleasant, Sullivan's Island and lower Francis Marion National Forest (FMNF)

FIELD NOTES: Very dry during 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002 (severe drought for most of spring and early summer). Urban sprawl and development have significantly changed many habitats within the circle in recent years. Plant succession has also changed many areas, particularly within the FMNF.

Billy McCord
mccordb@mrd.dnr.state.sc.us

 

 

 

 

 

 

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