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Green lacewings are insects in the large family Chrysopidae of the order Neuroptera. There are about 85 genera and (differing between sources) 1,300–2,000 species in this widespread group. Members of the genera Chrysopa and Chrysoperla are very common in North America and Europe; they are very similar.

Acronicta americana, the American dagger moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was originally described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841 and is native to North America.

Welcome to the first episode in a quarterly series we are presenting this year featuring the South Carolina office of the US Small Business Administration. We’ll be taking a deeper dive into all of their services available to our state’s small business community, starting today with disaster relief. Mike Switzer interviews Gregg White, the SBA’s SC district director.

Most of us would probably agree that there is a lot of frustration and anger going on in America these days that didn’t start with the pandemic but certainly was exacerbated by it. Our next guest is a working artist that has decided to address this situation with a participatory art project entitled “Just Let It Rip”. Mike Switzer interviews Melinda Hoffman, an artist who works and lives in Mauldin, SC.

You might be aware that General Electric has been spinning off its many businesses lately. One of those has decided to establish its headquarters in our Upstate. Mike Switzer interviews Manish Bhandari, president and CEO of Current in Greenville, SC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Skip Schumann about the specifics of keeping up with preventive health care for men during the young adult, middle adult and older adult years. Dr. Schumann is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and a general internist at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Rosmary Ros-Demarize about behavioral strategies that parents and teachers can use to help children who have ADHD. Dr. Ros-Demarize is a clinical psychologist and an Assistant Professor in the Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at MUSC.

There is an old folk tale behind the name "snake doctors" as applied to dragonflies.

The cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) is a member of the family Bombycillidae or waxwing family of passerine birds. It is a medium-sized, mostly brown, gray, and yellow.

Rudy recommends The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock as a good general book for nature study.