You'll find this snake in the mountains of South Carolina, and then only rarely.

The white spots in some of the false eye spots on the wings of this butterfly give it this common name.

Privet, China Berry, and Japanese Honeysuckle are some of the non-native species flowering this spring.

The Common Pug Moth caterpillar feeds on flowers petals.

The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the family Picidae. It breeds mainly in the eastern United States, ranging as far south as Florida and as far north as Canada.

The larva of a Dobson Fly is a "helgremite."

These birds are year-round residents of the South Carolina coast.

Wheelbug nymphs are hatching this time of year. The adults eat other insects, especially caterpillars.

Rudy shares a poem of Spring.

The thick, knotty, underground "stems" (rhizomes) of Greenbrier (Smilax) are tough. The vine is hard to elimnate, once it is established.