NatureNotes with Rudy Mancke

Fig beetle

Rudy Mancke helps a listener in Myrtle Beach identify a metallic beetle they found.

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Pollen

Rudy Mancke discusses pollen season and its effects on both plants and animals.

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Yellowjackets

Rudy Mancke discusses the breakdown of a yellowjacket nest.

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Death and the circle of life

As the world marks All Souls Day and Día de Muertos, Rudy Mancke reflects on the important of...

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Crabapples

As we mark All Saints Day, Rudy Mancke discusses the harvest season and South Carolina's species...

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Marbled orbweaver aka 'Halloween spider'

Happy Halloween! Today on NatureNotes, Rudy Mancke looks at Araneus marmoreus, the marbled...

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Mournful sphinx moth

As we celebrate the Halloween season, Rudy Mancke discusses the somber-looking mournful sphinx moth.

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Summer tanagers

Rudy Mancke helps a listener identify an adolescent summer tanager.

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Monkey slugs

Rudy Mancke discusses the hag moth and its larva commonly known as "monkey slugs."

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Spiny-backed orb-weaver spider

Gasteracantha cancriformis, the spiny-backed orb-weaver, is a species of spider whose females are...

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Mushrooms

On today's NatureNotes, Rudy Mancke discusses common types of mushrooms.

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'The October leaf-fading is a festival..."

Rudy Mancke reflects on a quote from Lucy Larcom's "Beckonings for Every Day."

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Female railroad worm

Rudy Mancke discusses the female railroad worm, a type of glow-worm, that is known for it...

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Yellow in nature

Rudy Mancke muses on the prevalence of the color yellow during autumn.

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Longhorn beetle

Listeners hear something that goes bump in the night, but Rudy Mancke says it's just a...

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'There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on...'

On today's NatureNotes, Rudy Mancke reflects on a quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The American...

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Found eastern box shell

Rudy Mancke helps a listener who found a discarded eastern box shell on their deck.

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Polyphemus moth caterpillar

The caterpillar of Antheraea polyphemus, the polyhpemus moth, is known for its bright green...

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Mediterranean house gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus, the Mediterranean house gecko, is a species of house gecko common to the...

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Nursery web spider

Nursery web spiders are so named because females of the species build tent-like webs to house...

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