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This wasp is identified by the golden pubescence on its head and thorax, its reddish orange legs, and partly reddish orange body.

A listener finds a bird that is he can't identify. That's because the juvenile's coloration is much different from the adult's.

In North America, antlion larvae are sometimes referred to as doodlebugs because of the strange marks they leave in the sand.

The word scherzo, which means “joke,” in Italian, had appeared in music as early as the 1600's, but it was Beethoven who gave the scherzo its modern character, and established a permanent place for it.

One of the early challenges identified by the pandemic was the lack of broadband availability across the rural areas of our country and state. Our next guest has been busy working on that issue and says significant progress is being made to alleviate it.Mike Swutzer interviews Jim Stritzinger, broadband coordinator for South Carolina’s Office of Regulatory Staff in Columbia, SC.

If you are an inventor or potential inventor with what you believe could be a great, new, and profitable idea, you probably are aware of organizations out there that offer assistance. We’ve just learned of another one that is specific to our state.Mike Switzer interviews Adrian Pelkus, director of the South Carolina Inventors Forum in Lexington, SC.This is a repeat of an earlier episode of the SC Business Review which aired originally on Jan. 22, 2021.

Elderberry stems are semi-woody, the interior is filled with pith. The late John Fairey, renowned botany professor at Clemson, told students that this pith was used to pack delicate scientific instruments and still used by repairmen to hold tiny parts of jewelry and such. Mason bees and other insects, however, have long used the older hollow stems as places to construct egg-laying or brood chambers. So if you have elderberries in your yard, cut a few stems half way down every year to expose that pith-filled interior to cavity nesting bees. Another option is to put stems and other small branches or rotting wood in a mulch pile. Then you can order a Pollinator Friendly Habitat sign from the Xerces Society. Read their page about building a better mulch pile for more ideas about making your yard pollinator friendly.

The corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus) is a North American species of rat snake that subdues its small prey by constriction. It is found throughout the southeastern and central United States. Though superficially resembling the venomous copperhead and often killed as a result of this mistaken identity, corn snakes lack functional venom and are harmless. Corn snakes are beneficial to humans by helping to control populations of wild rodent pests that damage crops and spread disease. The corn snake is named for the species' regular presence near grain stores, where it preys on mice and rats that eat harvested corn

Counterpoint, also called polyphony, is the art, in musical composition, of combining two or more simultaneous lines of music.

“A” is for Aiken County (1,073 square miles; 2020 population: 168,808).