REVISED DATE – Carolina Sandhills NWR and Cheraw State Park – Elfins & Hessel’s Hairstreak (near McBee, SC)
Carolina Sandhills NWR 23734 US-1, McBee, SC, United StatesREVISED DATE - Moved to Sunday, April 2 (from Saturday, April 1) The Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk at the Carolina Sandhills NWR (National Wildlife Refuge) and Cheraw State Park in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Our target species will be all the elfins and Hessel’s Hairstreak. Please meet in the […]
DATE CHANGE – Folly Beach – Yucca Giant-Skipper (near Charleston, SC)
===== DATE CHANGE ===== The date for this walk has been changed to WEDNESDAY, April 12 due to the prediction of heavy rain on the original date of April 8. The Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk to Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve at the north end of Folly Beach in South […]
Congaree NP, Highway 601 Area – Spring Butterflies (near Columbia, SC)
Congaree NP Bates Trail 33.7623, -80.6425===== DATE CHANGE ===== Due to the weather forecast of 70% chance of rain, on Saturday, April 22, this walk has been changed to Sunday, April 23. This walk was originally scheduled for April 29 but, due to other event conflicts, had been changed to April 22. The Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold […]
Sumter National Forest, Enoree District, South Carolina
Sumter National Forest, Enoree District - BP Gas Station 3536 Whitmire Hwy, Clinton, SC, United StatesThe location for this trip has been changed from Chester County to Newberry and Laurens Counties. The Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk to the Enoree District of the Sumter National Forest in South Carolina. Please note that this is a Sunday walk. Our target species are the Pepper and Salt […]
REVISED DATE – Super-Sod Farm and Surrounding Area – Common Sootywing (Orangeburg, SC)
Super-Sod Farm 3086 Five Chop Road, Orangeburg, SC, United StatesREVISED DATE – Moved to Wednesday, May 24 (from Monday, May 22) due to expected weather conditions. The Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will explore areas around and possibly inside the Super-Sod Farm in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Please note that this is now a Wednesday walk. Our target species is the Common Sootywing which has […]
NABA Butterfly Count (CSRV, Aiken County, SC)
Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary 4542 Silver Bluff Road, Jackson, SC, United StatesOn Saturday, July 8, 2023, 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 […]
Loretta Lutman’s Home Butterfly Garden 2023 (Randolph County, NC)
Loretta Lutman Home Butterfly Garden CONTACT LORETTA FOR THE ADDRESSOn Saturday, July 8, 2023, the Triad Chapter of CBS (Carolina Butterfly Society) has been invited to a butterfly walk at Loretta Lutman’s extensive private butterfly garden in Randolph County that has many nectar plants all around her house. In addition, she has installed her “blue garden,” a sculpture garden of butterfly images with blue […]
NC Western Mountains – BRP (near Asheville, NC)
Bent Creek River Park 1610 Brevard Road, Asheville, NC, United StatesThis is a Full CBS Walk to the western mountains of North Carolina that will explore several areas along and around the BRP (Blue Ridge Parkway) near Asheville, NC. We will meet both days at 10:00 at the Bent Creek River Park, at 1610 Brevard Road, Asheville, NC 28806 (GPS coordinates 35.5015, -82.5931), which is […]
Gum Swamp Road and Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary (Aiken Co, SC)
Kathwood Lakes parking area 33.337279, -81.843453This is a Full CBS Walk to areas near Aiken, South Carolina, to look for the Texan Crescent, Tawny Emperor, Hackberry Emperor and other summer butterflies. On Saturday, August 5, 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). […]
Marie Poteat’s Property – Jamestown, NC
Marie Poteat's Property - Guilford County, NC 1111 Bales Chapel Rd, Jamestown, NC, United StatesThe Triad Chapter of CBS will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, August 12 to Marie Poteat’s property in Jamestown, NC. Of all the triad butterfly reports this year, Maries by far have had the most butterflies. In large part, this is because Marie has spent years reintroducing caterpillar host plants and butterfly nectar plants […]