Kalmia Gardens and Cheraw State Park – Hessel’s Hairstreak and Elfins (Hartsville, SC)
Kalmia Gardens 34.3654, -80.1175, United StatesSTART TIME CHANGED TO 11:00 am We will begin the day at Kalmia Gardens. The address on their website is listed as 1624 West Carolina Avenue, Hartsville, SC 29550, but that is the mailing address for the building in the center of the gardens. We will meet in the parking lot; the entrance to the […]
CANCELLED – Western North Carolina – Duskywings, Elfins, Hairstreaks
Due to the forecast for rainy weather all weekend, this trip has been CANCELLED. This full CBS 2-day field trip will be held in western North Carolina where we will visit two different locations. Our target species will be Duskywings, Elfins, Hairstreaks, Cobweb Skipper and, if we're lucky, possibly a "late" Olympia Marble. Pete Dixon […]
Sumter National Forest Long Cane District (Edgefield, SC)
Lick Fork Lake Recreation Area 33.72642, -82.04029We will walk Lick Fork Road, FS-634 to Horn Creek, and possibly Miller Branch Road. These are dirt roads with Prunella vulgaris and in some spots there are some relatives of Black-eyed Susans. We’ll meet in the Lick Fork Lake Recreation Area at the parking lot near the boat ramp. The GPS coordinates are 33.72642, […]
Black River Cypress Preserve, Swampside Tract (Andrews, SC)
Swampside Tract - Black River Cypress Preserve 16368 County Line Road, Andrews, SC, United StatesThe Midlands Chapter of CBS (Carolina Butterfly Society) will explore the Swampside Tract of Black River Cypress Preserve near Andrews, South Carolina. This preserve is privately owned and groups are admitted by appointment only. Please note that we need to have at least 6 people attend and each must sign a waiver upon arrival. The […]
Historic Bethabara Park (Winston-Salem, NC)
Historic Bethabara Park 2147 Bethabara Road, Winston-Salem, NC, United StatesOn Saturday, June 18, 2024, the Triad Chapter of CBS (Carolina Butterfly Society) will hold a butterfly walk at the Historic Bethabara Park Butterfly Garden. The Bethabara Gardens are beautiful, historically significant places to explore. When the Moravians settled Bethabara in the early 1750s, one of the first things they established were the gardens. The […]
Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve & Sandhills Gamelands (NC)
Weymouth Woods - Sandhills NP 1024 N Fort Bragg Rd, Southern Pines, NC, United StatesSaturday June 1, 2024 - Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve We will meet at the Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve Visitor’s Center at 9:00 a.m. The visitor's center address is 1024 N Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines, NC 28387 (with GPS coordinates listed on the website as 35.1470, -79.3715). The GPS coordinates for the entrance […]
Pat Holder’s Home Butterfly Garden (Asheboro, NC)
Pat Holder Home Butterfly Garden CONTACT PAT FOR THE ADDRESSOn Saturday, June 15, 2024, the Triad Chapter of CBS (Carolina Butterfly Society) will hold a butterfly walk at Pat Holder’s native plant home butterfly garden in Asheboro, North Carolina. There will be safe parking on the side of the country road as well as a little parking in Pat’s driveway. If you would like […]
Super-Sod Farm and Surrounding Area – (Orangeburg, SC)
Super-Sod Farm 3086 Five Chop Road, Orangeburg, SC, United StatesThe Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will explore areas around and possibly inside the Super-Sod Farm in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Our target species is the Common Sootywing which has been recoded here in the past. Meet at the Super-Sod office at 3086 Five Chop Road, Orangeburg, South Carolina, 29115. The GPS coordinates are 33.45936, -80.74331. […]
NABA Butterfly Count (CSRV, Aiken County, SC)
Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary 4542 Silver Bluff Road, Jackson, SC, United StatesOn Saturday, July 6, 2024, 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 […]
NABA Count – Congaree National Park (Hopkins, SC)
Congaree National Park 100 National Park Rd, Hopkins, SCOn Saturday, July 20, 2024, the Midlands Chapter of CBS (Carolina Butterfly Society) will participate in a NABA (North American Butterfly Association) count at Congaree National Park near Columbia, South Carolina, to look for mid-season butterflies. Meet at the Harry Hampton Visitor Center (GPS coordinates 33.82984, -80.82343) where we will divide into smaller groups. Some […]