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