Wow! What a fantastic turn out for the Congaree NABA count. We did have
more butterfly species than counters BUT that was potentially hard to do
with 48 participants this year! We had 48 counters this year, 49 species
of butterflies, and 487 individual butterflies seen. Yipee! Finally a year
when the positive influences all came together- good weather, good
environmental conditions, numerous counters, wider territory explored, etc.
There were significant storms the night before the count with strong
downpours. Some individual butterflies seen were severely tattered and
likely were not going to survive many more hours. Other butterflies were
beautiful fresh specimens that were spared the brunt of the storm effects
the night before.
Here's the list. First number is for Richland county, SC (where most of our
counters were), second number for Calhoun County, SC (observations along
highway 601,thank to Dennis Forsythe).
36,0 Zebra SW (1 freshly dead)
1,0 Black SW
1,1 Tiger SW
0,3 Spicebush SW
5,2 Palamedes SW
2,5 Cabbage white
3,0 Orange Sulphur
1,0 Southern dogface
3,5 Cloudless Sulphur
1,0 Little Yellow,
3,26 Sleepy orange
1,0 Gray Hairstreak
6,0 Red-banded Hairstreak
1,1 Eastern Tailed Blue
9,0 Snout
2,0 Gulf Frittilary
6,25 Variegated Frittilary
71,2 Pearl Crescent
6,0 Question Mark
2,0 Eastern comma
4,0 American Lady
1,0 Painted Lady
10,0 Red Admiral
32,14 Common Buckeye
21,1 Red-spotted Purple (1 extremely worn soaked individual desperately
basking to dry out)
7,0 Hackberry Emperor (2 extremely worn individuals with wings battered to a
third of normal size)
7,0 Tawny Emperor
6,0 Southern Pearly-eye
1,0 Appalachian Brown
2,0 Gemmed Satyr
30,0 Carolina Satyr
1,0 Monarch
4,0 Silver-spotted Skipper
25,1 Horace's Duskywing
4,35 Common Checkered Skipper
1,0 Common Sootywing
1,0 Zarruco Duskywing
3,1 Fiery Skipper
2,0 Whirlabout
2,0 Sachem
4,0 Least Skipper
0,1 Clouded Skipper
1,0 Crossline Skipper
2,0 Zabulon Skipper
1,0 Little Glassywing
27,0 Dun Skipper
1,0 BYSSUS SKIPPER***New to Congaree Count records. Thanks John and Dennis
for id help.
1,0 Lace-wing Roadside Skipper
0,3 Eufala Skipper
We were fortunate to have 48 enthusiastic participants, ranging in age from
9 months old to mid 60 years young. Thanks all involved, Robin Carter, Dennis Forsythe,
Carol Ash, Roberta Beer, Allison Galassie, Steve and Rita Mislan, Natalie Ashenfelter,
Lynn Humphrey, Dee Dailey, Merri Seigler, Nancy Kalutz, Jim Wison Jr., Sudie
Daves, Stephanie Douglas, Julie Wilking, Connally and Beth Bradley, Raymond
and Emily Bennett, Katrina Thomas, Jared Deville, Alex Entrup, Timothy
Marsh, Drew Ignizio, Melissa Deuhr, Kat DeWitt, Dave and Marty Kastner, John
Grego, Carol and Elizabeth Cannon, Amy Mills, Kimberly Meitzen, Stephen
Glenn, Ron Ahle, Jim Nottke, Scott Walters, Mark Proctor, Theresa Yednock,
Theresa Thom, John Torrence, David Shelley, Melody French, Mr. and Mrs.
Gabriel Trujillo, and children Daniella and Laura.
This will be hard to beat next year...but we'll try.
Thanks again and sorry it took awhile to get these results out.
Christina
Christina S. Hulslander
Cayce, South Carolina
ploverbug@msn.com
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