Southern 8ths Farm & Cheraw SP (Chesterfield Co., SC)
Southern 8ths New Property 34.6604, -79.8907On 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 […]
Western North Carolina (River Road, Hot Springs, NC)
Broadwing Farm 20 Berry Wills Road, Hot Springs, NC, United StatesThe Carolina Butterfly Society Western NC Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, March 29, 2025, hiking on River Road along the French Broad River outside of Hot Springs, NC. We will be looking for the Olympia Marble and other early butterflies. This area was hard hit by Hurricane Helene, so we’re not sure […]
Fort Macon SP, Croatan NF, Holly Shelter Game Land (NC)
Fort Macon SP Coastal Education Center 34.6977, -76.6787This full Carolina Butterfly Society 2-day field trip will be held in eastern North Carolina where we plan on visiting three different locations. Our target butterfly species varies by location and are listed below. The leader is Harry LeGrand and possibly Lori Arent. Saturday, April 12, 2025: Meet at Fort Macon State Park, at the […]
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. […]
Sumter NF Long Cane District (Edgefield, SC)
Lick Fork Creek Parking Lot 33.7298, -82.0407The Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold butterfly walks on Saturday and Sunday, March 16 and 17, 2025, at the 123,360-acre Long Cane District of the Sumter National Forest in the Lick Fork Lake and Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve areas. Our target species are Tawny-edged Skipper and Twin-spotted Skipper, as well as other early-season […]
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 […]
NABA Butterfly Count (CSRV, Aiken County, SC)
Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary 4542 Silver Bluff Road, Jackson, SC, United StatesOn 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 […]
Gum Swamp Road (Jackson, SC)
Kathwood Lakes (meeting location for Gum Swamp Road) 33.33728. -81.84345The 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 […]
NABA Butterfly Count (Congaree NP, Hopkins, SC)
Congaree National Park 100 National Park Rd, Hopkins, SCOn 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 […]
SI Group Hundred Acre Woods (Goatweed Leafwing – Orangeburg, SC)
SI Group 725 Cannon Bridge Road, Orangeburg, SC, United StatesThe 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 […]