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Anisomorpha buprestoides, the southern two-striped walkingstick, devil rider, or musk mare, is a stick insect (order Phasmatodea: otherwise known as "phasmids" or walkingsticks) which occurs throughout the southeastern United States. Anisomorpha buprestoides is a large, stout (for a stick insect) brown phasmid with three conspicuous longitudinal black stripes. Females average 67.7 mm (2.67 in) in length; males are smaller and more slender, averaging 41.7 mm (1.64 in).

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

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Marc-Andre Cornier about thyroid disease. Dr. Cornier is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and metabolic Diseases at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Elizabeth Greer about the importance of wearing a helmet to reduce risk of severe injury to children from bicycles, scooters, skateboards and other wheeled recreational activities. Dr. Greer is a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Catherine Bradley about the importance of early intervention for young children with autism. Dr. Bradley is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the Division of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics at MUSC.

“B” is for Battery Wagner. Battery Wagner was the principal fortification on Morris Island during the Civil War.

“C” is for Carolina parakeet. Now extinct, the Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinenis) was a dove-sized (about thirty-five centimeters long) bird with a bright green body, yellow head, and orange face.

“D” is for Dent, Frederick Bailey (1922-2019). Textile executive, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, diplomat.

“A” is for Anderson County (718 square miles; 2020 population 207,036).

Even this time of year, you might hear spring peepers, chorus frogs, or wood frogs, depending where you are in South Carolina.