Surprise under lid

I need a few snakes around in some of my yards where the mice hide out. The other day I needed another deep body and I pulled one off a stack at my yard and about 4 mice ran out. A mother mouse took off under another hive and had some young ones attached to her teets. Mice and rodents make me leary of dear ticks. I saw a show about the applachain trail and they actually count the eastern rattle snake population along the trail in order to know how well the rodent population is being controlled. It seems the biggest carriers of dear ticks are small rodents.

Bradley hey when you say FOUR FEET I guess you mean it had legs too.

I think what you found was an earthworm.

No wait, your right....it's a golfer snake, just trying to find the hole.

Don't mind me too much work.

agreed. I have no problem with them and always let them go on their way. Its just startling when your picking up your equipment.

Heres another creeper I found under a lid yesterday :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v115/rocez/2010-04-28123002.jpg

see if you can spot him.

Tom G. Laury said:

Bradley hey when you say FOUR FEET I guess you mean it had legs too.

I think what you found was an earthworm.

No wait, your right....it's a golfer snake, just trying to find the hole.

Don't mind me too much work.

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Hahah . It was much bigger than it looks when It took off

Hey Slim

Your last photo link would make a good jigsaw puzzle.

Or a bad jigsaw puzzle.

I love catching snakes! I put out some tin and some plywood on my land to bring them in. I flip them every time I check the bees. Only caught a few rat snakes. Hate catching those. They have a real bad attitude.

The daughter and I caught a couple Blind Snakes the other day. That was pretty cool. Which she has in her room now. We catch 5-10 Rough Earth Snakes a week. Love me some snakes.

Rubber Boas are the friendliest snakes I ever held.

Oh my goodness..thanks for the tip of never ever leaving my tops on the ground..lol..I would of had a heart attach..

Hambone said:

I love catching snakes! ................. Love me some snakes.

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The boy aint right

When I was a kid, the family would go out in the everglades, I would walk really fast so I could get out of mom's line of site. I would then catch pigmy rattlers... They are so cute.

Bradley, don't see anything in the photo, looking at the location, I'm guessing maybe a copperhead on a branch??

I love snakes . . .






snakeskin pumps, shoes, belts, purses, luggage . . .

and maybe FEATHER boas.

Sum

Some ways to tell a non-poisonous snake are: 1) Long, thin, tapered tail 2) Round pupils in eyes.

Poisonous snakes typically have: 1) blunt, short, stubby tails and 2) slits for pupils much like a cat.

Here's how to tell...reach down and grab the snake, pull it up really close to your face and check its pupils to see if they are round or diamond slits. By that time, you will know.

Heck, in Eastern Washington we've got worms that are almost that size and they spit at you, if you upset them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Palouse_earthworm

Regards,
Tucker1

Theres a scorpion in the picture. Lower left . Its hard to see cause its a side view.