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Badace52
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12f Mane
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Some species will come up, watersnakes in particular
SteveBott
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Here you go



12f Mane
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diamondback watersnake
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Thanks to both of you!

Never even heard of that before. Looked it up and watched someone feed a fish to one, kinda cool.
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Pantera
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say I have a spider question ... post it here or is there a spider thread? just curious and was already here so decided against the search function lol
SteveBott
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Posted here. Plenty of room on the thread and several knowledgeable folks check in
Badace52
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You can post it here. There isn't a dedicated spider thread. People usually start a new thread with the title Spider ID?? or something similar.
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DP
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12f Mane said:

Some species will come up, watersnakes in particular
Just as you responded to this, buddy of mine sent me a pic of a plain bellied watersnake near a walking trail a couple days ago. It looked pretty emaciated so I assume it was taking advantage of the warmer weather snap to look for a meal.
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https://m.imgur.com/gallery/vbBQ5GD

It was pretty large, the coloring just looked different than anything I've seen.
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Link doesn't work.
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Still doesn't work ...
BuddysBud
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Since it has been a while since we have seen snakes here. This is a little ribbon snake in Kingwood.

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Recent hognose



quanah
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Found this little garter snake sunning himself on the road on this unseasonably warm day (Bexar County):

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Sry guys, found out what it was through my own research. It was a wolf spider with a strange coloring. Now just on the lookout for some snakes!
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12f Mane said:

Recent hognose





Well this might frighten me if I walked upon it!
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That's a lot of snakes.
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Yikes
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That's more Nopes than I can type.
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MouthBQ98
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I've been installing my 24" tall 1/4" hardware cloth mesh barrier around the base of my backyard fence. Should be too small for even juvie copperheads. Once I clear the backyard it should be fairly safe. Then I can hunt the front yard and side lots just for fun with much less worry about another $1100 vet bill.
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best of luck to you, hope it works. And prayers for your neighbors
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MouthBQ98 said:

I've been installing my 24" tall 1/4" hardware cloth mesh barrier around the base of my backyard fence. Should be too small for even juvie copperheads. Once I clear the backyard it should be fairly safe. Then I can hunt the front yard and side lots just for fun with much less worry about another $1100 vet bill.
Sounds like the perfect set up to have your own personal drift fence-trap array. Share results here!
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Yeah, I could set traps at every corner and load up on crawlies.
12f Mane
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Do it




YellAgs
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Interesting...
JD Shellnut
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I'm going to be doing field work the next few months in Val Verde and western Kinney counties. Besides rattlers and copperheads, are there any other venomous one to be on the lookout for? Do cotton mouths make it this far west?
MouthBQ98
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I have rarely seen a cottonmouth west of I35 but they may be there.
SteveBott
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I have hunted over 20 years in the Hill Country and never seen a cottonmouth. Not seen many copperheads either. Rattlers are all over the place
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Drifter. said:

I'm going to be doing field work the next few months in Val Verde and western Kinney counties. Besides rattlers and copperheads, are there any other venomous one to be on the lookout for? Do cotton mouths make it this far west?


Corals
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I've seen black racers or coachwhips out there. They are hella scary because they'll chase you but are nonvenomous. They're both damn quick too
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strauss12 said:

I've seen black racers or coachwhips out there. They are hella scary because they'll chase you but are nonvenomous. They're both damn quick too


Whew, man. None of this is true. There are coachwhips out west but they are typically tan or pinkish. The quick diurnal snakes you may be seeing are called Central Texas whipsnakes, and they are very slender and non-threatening. They'll hold their ground and actually will go for your face if you handle them, but obviously don't chase humans.
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Drifter. said:

I'm going to be doing field work the next few months in Val Verde and western Kinney counties. Besides rattlers and copperheads, are there any other venomous one to be on the lookout for? Do cotton mouths make it this far west?


As far as common, only rattlesnakes. Copperheads and corals are present but typically in riparian situations.
 
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