10 June 2022

Eastern Milk Snake

With the current cool nights and warm days it is not uncommon to find cold-blooded animals, such as this Eastern Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum), sunning itself to warm up. I found this 3 foot Milk Snake warming up on our southern facing concrete steps.

Eastern Milk Snakes are non-venomous but will bite if threatened. This one made no attempts to bite but did shake its tail like a Rattlesnake as it slithered away.
This young Eastern Milk Snake, about the size of a pencil, was able to sneak into the garage and then into the solarium. This young snake was more aggressive than the older milk snake and struck at the camera several times.

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