Who cares about snakes. Kill them or they will stay here and we will have more snakes.

I think you’re confusing black snake with king snake?

I don't have the heart to destroy any (including snake) eggs before they hatch, but when it comes to snakes, any snakes...count me in the "get them the heck off of my property NOW" club. :D

Don't destroy them, they're good snakes. They eat anodes, bugs & mice. There's so little left of FL. & America all thru overpopulation. The fishes & animals are in free fall. Nothing left for our grandkids. I'll move then, Walter 775 4245

There are 4 common poisonous snakes in Florida. The first month in our new CYV a neighbor found a rattlesnake in his garage, that's when I called and had a screen installed on my garage. The others are a Cottonmouth or Water Moccasin, a Copper Head and a Coral Snake.

List of Venomous Florida Snakes :: Florida Museum of Natural History

The Coral Snake is often confused with the Scarlet King Snake. Here's a diagram.

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On a side note I went to Lowes and bought rubber plugs to close off the holes in my sprinkler valve box covers. No need to encourage them.

Mrs Fox spotted two in the garden today but by the time I got there with the camera some pesky bird had started its lunch. Black racers lay up to 30 eggs so maybe there will be more later. The snake is still there, in its usual bush.

They are fine until they destroy your AC condenser!

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Due tell? How did they do that?

You'd have to ask him but since he got decapitated you might not get an answer.

Yeah I was trimming my hedges the other day and got startled when a black racer climbed higher into the bush. All I saw was a flash of his back half. They always seem to know when you are around and run away when they are on the ground. But I can't believe they aren't smart enough to leave the hedges when you are making all that noise and movement.

I was sitting on my landscape wall last week when a rather large coral snake passed about ten inches from my foot. I put my little dog in the house, grabbed my phone a took a quick picture. Yes, it was a coral- compared the pic to several on Wikipedia. The stripes matched the jingle- “when red meets black- friend of Jack. When red meets yellow-kill a fellow.” Would post pic if I knew how.
Coral snakes are very reclusive and rarely bit. According to Wikipedia, their venom is the second most poisonous in the world. Black mumba is number one.
The last I saw him, he was trying to cross the street. I have been visually checking my yard before letting my dog wander around and I sit on the wall. This type of snake doesn’t have hollow fangs that allow the venom to inject but corals have to chew on their victims to inject the venom thru grooves on their teeth. Very interesting animal. If you can’t remember the jingle, remember they have black round noses.

Bambi, you have shattered my complacency! I didn’t know there were any coral snakes around here. Yikes!

Did it look like this?

I see what you did there :)

Steve

Yeah, I get these corn snakes often. They are harmless and beneficial but often killed because people think they are coral snakes. Just want to verify since it would be good to know if it really was a coral snake.

I put this photo on post #45, here it is again.

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Definitely top Pic of coral snake. Can’t figure out how to post the pic I took on my iPhone. If someone knows how or will post if I email the picture to them, please advise. It was quite large for a coral.

So....what did you end up doing with the eggs? Inquiring minds want to know.

What section were the plugs in. I would like to get some. I just put a paver over the hole

I hired a critter removal company he removed the eggs carefully and is going to place them in the wild. There is a small about 18” black racer On my property he suggested I leave it there unless it bothers me

Aisle 1 Bay 9.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hillman-1-6...e-Plug/3013264

Measure well. My two holes were not the same size.

Looks like you win the prize, Bambi. Here is a pic of the snake you saw.

By the way, I went to a snake presentation in the Villages about a year ago. They said instead of trying to remember the sayings about the red/black/yellow stuff, when you encounter a snake like this you will probably forget all of that anyway. Just remember if the head is black it's a coral snake.

So where exactly did you see this guy?

I have a rather tall brick landscape wall across the front of my house. I live on a fairway in Calumet Grove. My little Shih Tzu was on a long leash exploring around. I looked down and the snake was meandering by- about eight or ten inches from my foot. The red band caught my attention. I knew about the round black nose but his head was deep in the grass. I at first doubted what I was looking at because I thought it was too large for a coral.
I took a quick pic just as the neighbors lawn cutters drove up. The snake was about to cross the road but turned and disappeared back into the grass towards the wall.
When I was a little girl I really liked snakes and would keep them in a jar or a container for a day before releasing them. Some of my friends refused to play with me because one of my favorite activities was to explore the woods, turn over rotting wood and look for snakes. So I am not that fearful of them. I just hope this one is not living in one of the holes in the wall. I am looking around now before I sit down.

When I was growing up, my father was the physician for the Detroit zoo. He took care of the employees, accidents, physicals, etc. I remembered that he researched and obtained anti venom from all over the world for different snakes. There would be three vials of each type- one set at the zoo, one set at nearby Beaumont Hospital and one set in a fridge at our house.
Anyway, thanks again for posting the picture.

Thank you

I would be surprised if it was coral snake. Probably king snake which you would never want to kill.

Did you see the picture above?