CBS Trip Report
Myrtle Beach Area
September 23 and 24, 2017
On September 23rd and 24th CBS butterflied various sites in the Myrtle Beach area. Scott Hartley was our organizer for all of the areas and leader for most. We began at Myrtle Beach State Park on the 23rd at 8:45 and ended there at 10:10. In attendance were Dennis and Lynn Burnette, Chris and Cheryl Talkington and Dave and Marty Kastner.
Sleepy Orange 2
Cloudless Sulphur 7
Gulf Fritillary 34
Painted Lady 1
Lady species 3
Common Buckeye 12
Monarch 2
Long-tailed Skipper 8
Horace’s Duskywing 3
Swarthy Skipper 1
White Checkered-Skipper 2
Fiery Skipper 10
Whirlabout 2
Sachem 2
Clouded Skipper 13
Skipper species 3
Our next stop was Hobcaw Barony, a privately owned research reserve near Georgetown, from 11:00-3:30 which included about 30 minutes for lunch. We visited the butterfly garden around the visitor center and then Wendy Allen drove the passenger van and led us to other areas of the reserve. In attendance were Scott Hartley, Don Allemann, Dennis Burnette and Lynn Burnette, Maggie Martin, Chris and Cheryl Talkington and Dave and Marty Kastner.
Palamedes Swallowtail 5
Cloudless Sulphur 27
Little Yellow 11
Red-banded Hairstreak 2
Gray Hairstreak 15
Eastern Pygmy-Blue 9
Azure species 2
Gulf Fritillary 19
Zebra Heliconian 3
Pearl Crescent 3
Painted Lady 5
Common Buckeye 2
Long-tailed Skipper 27
Pearly-eye species 1
Carolina/Intricate Satyr 5
Horace’s Duskywing 1
Eufala Skipper 1
Least Skipper 6
Fiery Skipper 4
Whirlabout 3
Sachem 1
Dun Skipper 1
Clouded Skipper 6
Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 1
Salt Marsh Skipper 8
Ocola Skipper 13
We ended Saturday with a walk along Pier Road to the Winyah Bay Fishing and Observation Pier in Georgetown from 4:10-4:40.
Cloudless Sulphur 4
Little Yellow 1
Gray Hairstreak 1
Gulf Fritillary 7
Painted Lady 1
Silver-spotted Skipper 2
Long-tailed Skipper 1
Clouded Skipper 1
Broad-winged Skipper 1
Ocola Skipper 1
On Sunday, September 24 we headed to Lewis Ocean Bay and butterflied there from 10:00-12:30. Scott Hartley was again our leader. In attendance were Dennis Burnette and Lynn Burnette, Sudie Thomas and her son, Garrett and his friend, and Dave and Marty Kastner.
On the dirt road leading to Lewis Ocean Bay we had:
Cloudless Sulphur 13
Sleepy Orange 2
Gulf Fritillary 2
At Lewis Ocean Bay we had:
Palamedes Swallowtail 13
Sleepy Orange 27
Cloudless Sulphur 66
Little Yellow 9
Red-banded Hairstreak 2
Gray Hairstreak 5
Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
Gulf Fritillary 7
Variegated Fritillary 1
Pearl Crescent 3
Painted Lady 1
Common Buckeye 16
Silver-spotted Skipper 1
Long-tailed Skipper 13
Horace’s Duskywing 2
Zarucco Duskywing 1
Checkered-Skipper species 1
Fiery Skipper 1
Whirlabout 1
Dun Skipper 2
Clouded Skipper 12
Ocola Skipper 5
When other folks headed home, Dave and I headed to Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge and walked the yellow trail to Cox Lake from 1:00-3:30.
Palamedes Swallowtail 3
Sleepy Orange 3
Cloudless Sulphur 6
Red-Banded Hairstreak 1
Gray Hairstreak 1
Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
Gulf Fritillary 8
Pearl Crescent 6
Lady species 1
Red-spotted Purple 1
Southern Pearly-Eye 2
Creole Pearly-Eye 1
Carolina/Intricate Satyr 5
Zarucco Duskywing 2
Checkered-Skipper species 1
Fiery Skipper 1
Submitted by Marty Kastner
