Flora & Fauna

Spicebush Swallowtail

August 14, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re getting wise to the ways of the butterfly master of disguise, the Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus). The...

Tick-trefoils

August 7, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re picking up hitchhikers from the Tick-trefoils (Desmodium spp.). Here is South Carolina we have roughly eighteen species...

Common Nighthawk

July 31, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we're trying to catch a glimpse of the booming bullbat, the Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor). The Common Nighthawk...

Beach Morning-Glory

July 24, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re going snow-blind staring at the radiant blooms of Beach Morning-Glory (Ipomoea imperati). Beach Morning-Glory can be found...

Black Horse Fly

July 17, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re dodging the shadowy approach of the buzzing bloodsucker of the bottomlands, the Black Horse Fly (Tabanus atratus)....

Yellow Passionflower

July 10, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we find a variegated vine that twines along shadowed wood lines, Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea). Yellow Passionflower is...

Blue Dasher

July 3, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re watching the whirlings of a dashing little dragonfly, the Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis). The Blue Dasher is...

Littleleaf Sensitive-Briar

June 26, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’ll behold a beautifully blooming briar of a bean, Littleleaf Sensitive-Briar (Mimosa microphylla). Littleleaf Sensitive-Briar is one of...

Green June Beetle

June 19, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, from beneath our feet and behind the fruits of spring appears an iridescent messenger of summer, the Green...

Southern Dawnflower

June 12, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday is the Earth’s veil ennewed on each morning dew, the Southern Dawnflower (Stylisma humistrata). Here in South Carolina...