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A listener reports seeing this rare bird.

The female's wings are purplish red with ochre-yellow. They have thin scales and are almost transparent. The male's wings are purplish brown with a large transparent space in the middle. The female is larger than the male. The wing span is 4.2 to 6.6 centimeters.

Rudy reflects on recent enounters with appreciative fans of NatureNotes and NatureScene.

"O" is for Orr, James Lawrence [1822-1873]. Congressman. Governor.

"P" is for Patterson, Gladys Elizabeth Johnston [b. 1939]. Legislator. Congresswoman.

For convenience sake, the 19 th century is usually known as the era of Romanticism in classical music. Another way to view the 19 th century is simply as the era of Beethoven.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Deirdre Williams about the eruption and potential issues related to wisdom teeth in the teen and young adult years. Dr. Williams is an Associate Professor and Interim Program Director of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at MUSC.

In recent years, changes in climate have resulted in high night-time temperatures and dramatically reduced the fruit set of many of our important vegetable crops. When it is seventy-five degrees or higher at night, many crops will not pollinate – there maybe vigorous, well-tended plants in the field that are covered with flowers, but the pollination process is impeded by those high thermometer readings.

World-renown geneticist, Clemson’s Stephen Kresovich, and other research faculty will combine their crop-breeding talents to develop varieties that will allow South Carolina farmers to produce vegetables in the face of extreme changes in temperatures, rain and drought challenges, and other environmental pressures.