atlarsenal
Omono
My little landscape helper is still hanging around.
Welcome visitors to the garden
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BrianBay9
Masterpiece
Pacific Tree Frog - I often hear them, rarely see them. About the size of my thumb.
cheap_walmart_art
Omono
Found this little fella under my Bald Cypress flat this afternoon!
VAFisher
Masterpiece
Had a very unwelcome visitor last night. Went to take the dog out right at dusk and found a copperhead in my garage. He didn't last long. Has me on high alert around the garden now though.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
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Sansui
Shohin
Is there a humane society for venomous herps?
Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
What's your address? I'll send you some.
Sansui
Shohin
Excerpt from below article:
People tend to kill copperheads on sight, but they are better predators for mice than black rat snakes, Brown said.
Copperheads are pit vipers, which makes them “really good at hunting warm-blooded prey. They’re extremely good at rodent control,” he said.
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People tend to kill copperheads on sight, but they are better predators for mice than black rat snakes, Brown said.
Copperheads are pit vipers, which makes them “really good at hunting warm-blooded prey. They’re extremely good at rodent control,” he said.
Experts say snakes running out of space
It has been a generation since the last time reptiles and amphibians were fully documented on a statewide basis in Maryland.
Sansui
Shohin
I remember my when my family was walking a trail somewhere in Presque Isle when my little brother (5 yrs old at the time) went missing. We walked back on the trail and found him shaking a stick at a rattle snake in the brush.
Sansui
Shohin
He's 58 now and has survived a lot worse over the years
There was a herpetarium at our summer camp loaded with snakes that the senior campers collected and maintained. They used to collect spring peeper frogs to feed them. I felt bad for the frogs and released them when no one was looking. My brother was with me and for whatever reason decided to drop the dime on me. Needless to say, the senior campers harassed me for the remainder of camp that summer!
VAFisher
Masterpiece
Excerpt from below article:
People tend to kill copperheads on sight, but they are better predators for mice than black rat snakes, Brown said.
Copperheads are pit vipers, which makes them “really good at hunting warm-blooded prey. They’re extremely good at rodent control,” he said.
Experts say snakes running out of space
It has been a generation since the last time reptiles and amphibians were fully documented on a statewide basis in Maryland.
They may be good at rodent control but there are other methods for that. I'll leave them alone and give a wide berth out in the woods, but as soon as they take up residence in my garage, they get the shovel.
Sansui
Shohin
I've seen some really big copperheads in Calvert Cliffs, MD. I wouldn't approach them driving in a tank!
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First praying mantis I’ve seen in the garden this fall… Hoping for more
substratum
Shohin
The toad was cooling itself in a birdbath in the garden as I left for work early one morning, on one of those days were it was 80+ degrees at 7:15AM.
This banded water snake was chilling on the patio between the garden and the pool at dusk. It had absolutely no fear of me, and was not at all aggressive (which is somewhat uncharacteristic for the species). This one was about 14". I've had much bigger ones strike at me simply for approaching for a closer look. This is a very dangerous place for him to chill, though, because we regularly have birds of prey feed in our backyard during the day and the night (a variety of hawks, and owls), AND, a fat 7' black racer lives under the aluminum pool coping, not too far away.
This banded water snake was chilling on the patio between the garden and the pool at dusk. It had absolutely no fear of me, and was not at all aggressive (which is somewhat uncharacteristic for the species). This one was about 14". I've had much bigger ones strike at me simply for approaching for a closer look. This is a very dangerous place for him to chill, though, because we regularly have birds of prey feed in our backyard during the day and the night (a variety of hawks, and owls), AND, a fat 7' black racer lives under the aluminum pool coping, not too far away.
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Shohin
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jimib
Shohin
Found a leaf bug and another mantis..I usually find 3-5 mantis pods in my yard every year
Same species hanging out here in a ponderosa. Interesting the different color variation.
BrianBay9
Masterpiece
Some of mine are greener than the one I photographed.
atlarsenal
Omono
substratum
Shohin
In this part of the south, "Katydid" is the colloquial name for a "leaf bug." Honestly don't know if that is a regional thing, or not.
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