South Carolina
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Southern 8ths Farm & Cheraw SP (Chesterfield Co., SC)
Southern 8ths New Property 34.6604, -79.8907CBS Field TripOn Sunday, March 23, 2025, tentative plans are for Tom Austin to lead a second-day SCAN trip to a new Southern 8ths property from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Brad Turley, the Southern 8ths Farm owner, is in the process of buying land in Chesterfield County, adjacent to Cheraw State Park, located roughly at GPS […]
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Sumter NF, Enoree District (Whitmire, SC)
Sumter National Forest, Enoree District - BP Gas Station 3536 Whitmire Hwy, Clinton, SC, United StatesMidlands Chapter EventThe Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, April 19, 2025, to the Enoree District of the Sumter National Forest in South Carolina. Possible species are the Juniper Hairstreak, Pepper and Salt Roadside Skipper, and Common Roadside Skipper, but we will also be looking for other early-season butterflies as well. […]
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Wateree River HP & WMA (Columbia City Nature Challenge – Eastover, SC)
Wateree River HP & WMA 15001 Goodwill Road, Eastover, SC, United StatesMidlands Chapter EventThe Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Sunday, April 27, 2025 which will be in conjunction with the Columbia City Nature Challenge. It is our local part of City Nature Challenge, an international four-day competition where cities across the globe compete to record the biodiversity of their urban and surrounding […]
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CANCELLED – Sumter NF Long Cane District (Edgefield, SC)
Lick Fork Creek Parking Lot 33.7298, -82.0407Midlands Chapter EventCANCELLED - Due to the forecast for rainy and overcast weather all weekend, this trip has been "officially" CANCELLED. The Carolina Butterfly Society will hold butterfly walks on Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11, 2025, at the 123,360-acre Long Cane District of the Sumter National Forest in the Lick Fork Lake and Stevens Creek […]
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Carolina Sandhills NWR (Hairstreaks – near McBee, SC)
Carolina Sandhills NWR 23734 US-1, McBee, SC, United StatesMidlands Chapter EventThe Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at the 47,850-acre Carolina Sandhills NWR (National Wildlife Refuge) in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Our target species will be all the Hairstreaks, including Banded, Coral and King’s, but we will also be looking for other late spring butterflies as […]
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NABA Butterfly Count (CSRV, Aiken County, SC)
Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary 4542 Silver Bluff Road, Jackson, SC, United StatesNABA Butterfly CountOn Saturday, July 12, 2025, NABA (North American Butterfly Association) will hold a butterfly count in the CSRV (Central Savannah River Valley) at the Silver Bluff Audubon Center in Jackson, South Carolina. Audubon’s Silver Bluff Sanctuary is a 3,400-acre woodland overlooking the Savannah River. Here you’ll find extensive pine forests and bottomland hardwood forests; beautiful […]
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Gum Swamp Road (Jackson, SC)
Kathwood Lakes (meeting location for Gum Swamp Road) 33.33728. -81.84345Midlands Chapter EventThe Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, August 9, 2025, to areas near Aiken, South Carolina. We will drive along Gum Swamp Road and stop at various locations along the road to explore areas of interest (or wherever we see butterflies). Our target species are the Texan Crescent, Tawny […]
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NABA Butterfly Count (Congaree NP, Hopkins, SC)
Congaree National Park 100 National Park Rd, Hopkins, SCNABA Butterfly CountOn Saturday, September 20, 2025, the Midlands Chapter of CBS (Carolina Butterfly Society) will participate in a NABA (North American Butterfly Association) seasonal count at the 26,693-acre Congaree National Park near Columbia, South Carolina, to look for late-season butterflies. The park preserves the largest tract of old growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the United […]
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SI Group Hundred Acre Woods (Goatweed Leafwing – Orangeburg, SC)
SI Group 725 Cannon Bridge Road, Orangeburg, SC, United StatesMidlands Chapter EventThe Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at the SI Group Hundred Acre Woods in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Our target species will be the Goatweed Leafwing (we believe there is an existing, ongoing colony), but we will also be looking other fall butterflies. The walk will […]
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RESCHEDULED – Wateree River HP & WMA (Southern Dogface – Eastover, SC)
Wateree River HP & WMA 15001 Goodwill Road, Eastover, SC, United StatesMidlands Chapter EventTHIS WALK HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED - Due to the weather forecast for rain, wind, low temperatures and no sun on October 11, this walk has been moved back 1 week to October 18. The Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, October 18, 2025, at the 3,674-acre Wateree River Heritage […]
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