Charleston-South SC Butterfly Count
July 19, 2002

Black Swallowtail (9)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (3)
Spicebush Swallowtail (4)
Palamedes Swallowtail (17)
Cabbage White (22)
Orange Sulphur (1)
Cloudless Sulphur (31)
Little yellow (7)
Sleepy Orange (6)
White-M hairstreak (1)
Gray Hairstreak (5)
Red-banded Hairstreak (6)
Eastern Pigmy Blue (20)
Cassius Blue (2)
Summer Azure (6)
American Snout (6)
Gulf Fritillary (15)
Pearl Crescent (7)
Common Buckeye (3)
Red-spotted Purple (4)
Viceroy (11)
Hackberry Emperor (15)
Tawny Emperor (6)
Creole Pearly-eye (8)
Appalachian Eyed Brown (5)
Gemmed Satyr (1)
Carolina Satyr (49)
Silver-spotted Skipper (7)
Horace's Duskywing (83)
Wild Indigo Duskywing (1)
Common Checkered Skipper (14)
Clouded Skipper (4)
Southern Skipperling (10)
Fiery Skipper (48)
Whirlabout (17)
Southern Broken Dash (1)
Delaware Skipper (2)
Dun Skipper (2)
Eufala Skipper (1)
Brazilian Skipper (2)
Salt Marsh Skipper (11)
Ocola Skipper (1)

TOTAL # OF INDIVIDUALS 474
TOTAL # OF SPECIES 42


COUNT CIRCLE DESCRIPTION: Center: Upper Church Creek off of Wadmalaw Sound, Charleston County, SC (32.4o N, 80.1o W) Circle Includes: Johns Island, much of Wadmalaw Island, portions of southwestern James Island, James Island and Tea Farm (Caw Caw) County Parks, Clemson Univ. and USDA experimental farms, and suburban and urban portions of the city of Charleston.


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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