Carolina Butterfly Society Trip Report

The Carolina Butterfly Society held walks in Aiken County, SC on April 29 and 30. Both days began cloudy and overcast but there was some sun in the afternoon. Temperatures were in the low to upper 80’s.

Gum Swamp Road
April 29, 2017 10:00-3:30 In attendance were Jerry and Pat Bright, Jackie Hill and Dave and Marty Kastner (leaders).

Spicebush Swallowtail 1
Black Swallowtail 5
Palamedes Swallowtail 2
Zebra Swallowtail 13
Checkered White 1
Cabbage White 10
Cloudless Sulphur 13
Sleepy Orange 3
Orange Sulphur 2
Eastern Tailed-Blue 8
Variegated Fritillary 1
Silvery Checkerspot 1
Pearl Crescent 17
Question Mark 3
Eastern Comma 2
Anglewing species 1
American Lady 6
American Snout 68
Common Buckeye 4
Red-spotted Purple 3
Hackberry Emperor 8
Carolina/Intricate Satyr 1
Gemmed Satyr 2
Satyr species 1
Monarch 2
Horace’s Duskywing 2
White Checkered-Skipper 4

American Lady larva 1

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
April 30, 2017 10:00-2:00 In attendance were Caroline Eastman, Jim and Jackie Hill with two guests, John Demko, and Dave and Marty Kastner (leaders who were an hour late due to a flat tire caused by a nail!).

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
Palamedes Swallowtail 1
Spicebush Swallowtail 2
Swallowtail species 1 (probably Spicebush)
Cabbage White 1
Cloudless Sulphur 4
Common Buckeye 31

Variegated Fritillary larva 6
American Lady larva 1

Marty Kastner
Richland County, SC