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General Discussion => Any and Every Thing => Topic started by: Wandering Man on June 19, 2017, 04:55:36 pm

Title: Not Really a Pest
Post by: Wandering Man on June 19, 2017, 04:55:36 pm
I think this lady was just looking to snack on toads:

(https://s12.postimg.cc/uobz23d6h/2017_06_19_Snake_02.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/uobz23d6h/)



Can you find her in this photo?

(https://s12.postimg.cc/a5h2x0z95/2017_06_19_Snake.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/a5h2x0z95/)



It took me a while to realize this stick was breathing.  I got my shovel and pulled her out of the hole to get a good look at her face to see whether she was poisonous.

She was not in the backyard, and I was 80% certain she was not poisonous, so I left her alone.
Title: Re: Not Really a Pest
Post by: Jen on June 19, 2017, 05:17:58 pm
Cool snake Wman! Have never seen a snake in my yard. Is it a garden snake?
Title: Re: Not Really a Pest
Post by: Wandering Man on June 19, 2017, 05:34:03 pm
3Reds hopes she never sees this snake in her garden!

It is non-poisonous, and generally eats small animals like toads, frogs and small mammals.  This one was two to three feet long

http://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/hetpla.htm

Title: Re: Not Really a Pest
Post by: Jen on June 19, 2017, 05:41:40 pm
I have 3 lizards in my yard. They used to keep the black widow and daddy long leg population down. But they've found 3 square meals a day at my beehives now... drat  :eusa_doh: