Midlands Chapter – Carolina Sandhills NWR and Cheraw State Park, April 3, 2016

It was sunny with a light breeze. The temperatures ranged from 54 degrees at 10:00 to about 65 degrees around 3:30. Some of us butterflied until around 5:00. In attendance were Dennis Forsythe, our leader, Bobbie McKutchen, Bud Webster, Jim Tobalski and Dave and Marty Kastner.

Carolina Sandhills NWR

Black Swallowtail 1
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 8
Spicebush Swallowtail 9
Palamedes Swallowtail 10
Spring Azure 1
Azure species 10
Pearl Crescent 2
American Lady 3
Common Buckeye 3
Juvenal’s Duskywing 7
Sleepy Duskywing 1
Duskywing species 8
Dun Skipper 1

Cheraw State Park

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 10
Spicebush Swallowtail 2
Palamedes Swallowtail 12
Spring Azure 1
Azure species 5
Henry’s Elfin 1
Eastern Pine Elfin 1
Pearl Crescent 1
American Lady 17
Common Buckeye 17
Carolina/Intricate Satyr 2
Juvenal’s Duskywing 6
Duskywing species 10

Marty Kastner