Rudy Mancke helps a listener identify a bumpy, jelly-like fungus found after a recent hurricane.

Clematis terniflora, sweet autumn clematis, is a woody and fragrant vine known for its white flowers. It is considered an invasive plant.

Rudy Mancke discusses the colorful dryocampa rubicunda, commonly known as the rosy maple moth, and its caterpillar form called the greenstriped mapleworm.

In 2023, the autumn equinox falls on Saturday, September 23.

Chasmanthium latifolium, also commonly known as "fish on a line," inland sea oats, and river oats, is a species of grass native to the central and eastern United States.

Urbanus proteus, commonly called the long-tailed skipper, is a spread-winged skipper butterfly found throughout tropical and subtropical South America, south to Argentina and north into the southern part of the United States of America.

Rudy Mancke discusses the venomous eastern cottonmouth, sometimes known as water moccasin.

Rudy Mancke helps two listeners identify different life stages of the regal walnut moth.

Rudy Mancke reads a selection from James Thomson's poem "The Castle of Indolence."

Madtoms are a family of freshwater catfish that are generally only 2-5 inches in length.