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elleng

(136,880 posts) Tue May 31, 2022, 04:44 PM May 2022

Copperheads are out in the Mid-Atlantic region. Here's what to know.

Yards near wooded lots have the best chance of harboring copperheads, but the snakes thrive in many suburban and urban areas.

Temperatures are heating up, and snakes are out. One venomous snake is exceptionally well-hidden in our yards and gardens: the copperhead.

Copperheads received their name from the color of their head, but the rest of their body has shades of tan and brown in hourglass patterns, providing excellent camouflage in mulch, leaves, stonework and woodpiles.

The ambush hunter usually remains motionless for long periods, making it even harder to notice when strolling through the yard or working in the garden. And if you get too close, the snake can feel threatened and strike without warning.

Their bite usually requires medical attention, sometimes with antivenom treatments.>>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/05/31/snakes-copperheads-safety-treatment/?

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Copperheads are out in the Mid-Atlantic region. Here's what to know. (Original Post) elleng May 2022 OP

Wear mongoose perfume at140 May 2022 #1

Thanks!!! That's it!!! My key to being a billionaire. 3Hotdogs May 2022 #6

Thanks!!! That's it!!! My key to being a billionaire. 3Hotdogs May 2022 #7

I did see one in the years I lived in Northern Virginia. Grasswire2 May 2022 #2

Yes they have a poisonous bite but Biophilic May 2022 #3

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My grandmother used to say.. luvs2sing May 2022 #5

Two C-head bites last fall. Western NJ and Eastern Pa. 3Hotdogs May 2022 #8

at140

(6,140 posts)

1. Wear mongoose perfume

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2022, 04:51 PM

May 2022

then all snakes will leave you alone.

3Hotdogs

(13,579 posts)

6. Thanks!!! That's it!!! My key to being a billionaire.

Reply to at140 (Reply #1)

Tue May 31, 2022, 06:33 PM

May 2022

Mongoose pee concentrate: guaranteed too keep snakes, Republicans and probably your wife easy.

One oz. Bottle , $99.95 + shipping and tax.

Dilute with warm water and you’re good on any trail.

3Hotdogs

(13,579 posts)

7. Thanks!!! That's it!!! My key to being a billionaire.

Reply to at140 (Reply #1)

Tue May 31, 2022, 06:33 PM

May 2022

Mongoose pee concentrate: guaranteed too keep snakes, Republicans and probably your wife easy.

One oz. Bottle , $99.95 + shipping and tax.

Dilute with warm water and you’re good on any trail.

Grasswire2

(13,737 posts)

2. I did see one in the years I lived in Northern Virginia.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2022, 04:58 PM

May 2022

That was enough. I was with a friend and his kids, fishing on the shore of a pond in a residential area. Eeeeek.

Biophilic

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3. Yes they have a poisonous bite but

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2022, 05:00 PM

May 2022

They are usually very slow to anger or feel threatened. I lived in South Central Missouri for 7 years out in the woods (a retreat center). We had very little trouble mostly because we left them alone. The only time one got aggressive was when someone started poking it hard with a stick to try to make it move away faster. She admitted it took 15 minutes of abuse before the poor thing got angry enough to turn and but her. She was fine as was the snake who managed to escape.

Leave them alone and they’ll go home and if they’re already home you probably don’t belong there.

By the way I’m mostly phobic about snakes. Have trouble turning a page if it has a photo of a snake.

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luvs2sing

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5. My grandmother used to say..

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Tue May 31, 2022, 05:05 PM

May 2022

if you were out in the woods and smelled cucumbers, it meant a copperhead was near. Since she grew up in a very remote area of Ohio, I tended to believe her.

3Hotdogs

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8. Two C-head bites last fall. Western NJ and Eastern Pa.

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Tue May 31, 2022, 06:36 PM

May 2022

Bites are so rare that both made the Newark NJ paper.

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