Midlands Chapter Event
Wateree River HP & WMA (Eastover, near Columbia, SC)
Wateree River HP & WMA 15001 Goodwill Road, Eastover, SC, United StatesThe Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, October 12, 2024, at the 3,674-acre Wateree River Heritage Preserve and Wildlife Management Area. Our target species is Southern Dogface, but we will also be looking for other late-season butterflies as well. We will drive to various areas, walk some of the […]
Tillman Sand Ridge HP & WMA (Jasper Co., SC)
Tillman Sand Ridge HP & WMA Kiosk 32.499295, -81.1999621Tillman Sand Ridge Heritage Preserve and Wildlife Management Area is a preserve of about 2 square miles in the Outer Coastal Plain of western Jasper County, adjacent to the Savannah River. It was established to protect one of the northernmost populations of Florida gopher tortoises, eastern diamondback rattlesnakes, and many rare plant species. The preserve […]
Webb Wildlife Center WMA (Hampton Co., SC)
Webb Wildlife Center WMA 32.59086, -81.31240The Webb Wildlife Center, owned and operated by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, is a management and research facility designed to demonstrate multiple-use wildlife and timber management. Meet in front of the WMA offices/visitor center. The restrooms are inside the visitor center which is closed on weekends. Directions: From Columbia take Highway 321 […]
Wateree River HP & WMA (Eastover, near Columbia, SC)
Wateree River HP & WMA 15001 Goodwill Road, Eastover, SC, United StatesDATE CHANGE - Originally Saturday, March 8, 2025 The Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at the 3,674-acre Wateree River Heritage Preserve and Wildlife Management Area. We will be looking for early-season butterflies, as well as a possible over-wintering Mourning Cloak or Southern Dogface. We will […]
Peachtree Rock and Shealy’s Pond HPs (Brown Elfin – Lexington Co., SC)
Peachtree Rock HP (back entrance) 33.8334, -81.2012DATE CHANGE - Originally Saturday, March 1, 2025 The Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, March 8, 2025, at the 460-acre Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve and, if time permits, Shealy’s Pond Heritage Preserve. Our target species at Peachtree Rock is the Brown Elfin, but we will also be looking […]
Coosawhatchie HP & WMA (Frosted Elfin – Yemassee, SC)
Coosawhatchie HP & WMA 32.6916, -80.9193The Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Sunday, March 16, 2025, at the 10,879-acre Coosawhatchie Heritage Preserve and Wildlife Management Area. We will look for lupine and Baptisia tinctoria (horsefly weed) and a new population of Frosted Elfin, as well as other early-season butterflies. The walking is mostly on level ground […]
Sumter NF, Enoree District (Whitmire, SC)
Sumter National Forest, Enoree District - BP Gas Station 3536 Whitmire Hwy, Clinton, SC, United StatesThe 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. […]
Wateree River HP & WMA (Columbia City Nature Challenge – Eastover, SC)
Wateree River HP & WMA 15001 Goodwill Road, Eastover, SC, United StatesThe 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 […]
CANCELLED – Sumter NF Long Cane District (Edgefield, SC)
Lick Fork Creek Parking Lot 33.7298, -82.0407CANCELLED - 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 […]
Carolina Sandhills NWR (Hairstreaks – near McBee, SC)
Carolina Sandhills NWR 23734 US-1, McBee, SC, United StatesThe 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 […]