Yeah, I’ve read that 90% of the people that get bit by rattlesnakes do so and fucking with them! Usually alcohol related! Lol! My hearing is so bad that the dogs have to alert me when I’m out walking them! Can’t hear that frequency for shit! But we go on our separate ways! I’ve got nothing against them! But boars and feral hogs die on site! I do have something against them! L O LYeah, I know. Most people around here kill them on site. But I'm a snake guy. Used to breed Corn snakes and King snakes back in the day, and now I work at an animal hospital. So killing an animal just for being an animal just ain't happening. And yes, it's one of the biggest and most beautiful copperheads I've seen
Then there's the BaconYeah, I’ve read that 90% of the people that get bit by rattlesnakes do so and fucking with them! Usually alcohol related! Lol! My hearing is so bad that the dogs have to alert me when I’m out walking them! Can’t hear that frequency for shit! But we go on our separate ways! I’ve got nothing against them! But boars and feral hogs die on site! I do have something against them! L O L
And they are deliciousAgree 100%, invasive species have to go. Especially hogs, they can wreak havoc on North American ecosystems.
Awwww! Looks like a baby, Arnold! L O L! You know, Arnold, Ziffel! Maybe I’m dating myself! Green acres? OK back into my hole!
Beautiful pictures!
Yep those larvae are surely a delicacy for the badger and i got many of those in the soil.Thank you. I'd stay in the woods and never come out, if I could.
My nickname used to be honey badger.Absolutely love them.
Spanish badger is smaller, but just as smart. The beetle larva you had in your hand in the last picture, is one of their favorite meals. Probably after those, rooting around. Sorry about your plants.
We have done the same with our environment here. Each species plays a roll. When one is killed off from an area, it then upsets the balance of everything.
Thank you for this! I did not know there were invasive mantids. Still hate disposing of them, just wish they were a little more inclined to eat their originating country's 'invasive' bugs here. You know like the Japanese and Oriental beetles, and moths.@Poekie
Excellent news about the plants. Glad there wasn't more damage.
Found a visitor last night on one of my sunflowers. She's a native one o don't see often because the invasives are huge and dominate the scene usually. I'd say she is looking for a place to lay her egg case. She was still there this morning.
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Here is an egg case from last year.
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Been obsessed with them since I was a child. Even had an egg case accidentally hatch in my house. Had no idea what the Styrofoam-like thing I found on a tree limb and brought into the house was, but quickly found out when hundreds of baby mantids were everywhere. Mom wasn't happy, but the cat sure was.
That is so beautiful...@Poekie
Excellent news about the plants. Glad there wasn't more damage.
Found a visitor last night on one of my sunflowers. She's a native one o don't see often because the invasives are huge and dominate the scene usually. I'd say she is looking for a place to lay her egg case. She was still there this morning.
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Here is an egg case from last year.
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Been obsessed with them since I was a child. Even had an egg case accidentally hatch in my house. Had no idea what the Styrofoam-like thing I found on a tree limb and brought into the house was, but quickly found out when hundreds of baby mantids were everywhere. Mom wasn't happy, but the cat sure was.
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