NatureNotes

Brachymesia gravida, commonly known as the four-spotted pennant, is a species of skimmer dragonfly found in North Americ... Read more

The larval stage of the giant swallowtail butterfly is a caterpillar that resembles bird droppings.

Rudy Mancke helps a listener identify the chandelier-like eggs of the green lacewing.

Pseudocolus fusiformis is a species of stinkhorn mushroom commonly called the "stinky squid" due to it's odor and the th... Read more

Rudy Mancke shares verses from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Lord Byron celebrating the seasons.

In order to move faster, caterpillars and some other insects form formations known as "rolling swarms" by crawling over ... Read more

Rudy Mancke helps to identify a mystery skeleton sent to him by Jim Welch, his former co-host on SCETV's "NatureScene."

Samson foxes are a strain of red foxes which have a recessive trait preventing long hair growth.

Rudy Mancke shares a note from a listener about how thinking of nature as a recycling system has changed their view on l... Read more

Citheronia regalis, commonly known as the regal moth or royal walnut moth, is native to the eastern United States.