Naturenotes With Rudy Mancke

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

On today's NatureNotes, Rudy Mancke helps a listener identify a juvenile black racer. While adult snakes of this species are known for their black coloring, young ones can often be multi-colored.

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

Rudy Mancke discusses the breakdown of a yellowjacket nest.

As the world marks All Souls Day and Día de Muertos, Rudy Mancke reflects on the important of death in the natural world and the circle of life.

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

Happy Halloween! Today on NatureNotes, Rudy Mancke looks at Araneus marmoreus, the marbled orbweaver, which is sometimes called the "Halloween spider" due to the female's orange coloring.

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

Rudy Mancke helps a listener identify an adolescent summer tanager.

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

Gasteracantha cancriformis, the spiny-backed orb-weaver, is a species of spider whose females are known for their brightly colored, shell-like abdomens which have six prominent spines.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hemidactylus turcicus, the Mediterranean house gecko, is a species of house gecko common to the Mediterranean area which has spread to many parts of the world.