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Comments (3)Love it! Im trying to learn to weld so I can make creatures! Its tough but Im getting there....See MoreWoodchuck damage - what does it look like?
Comments (5)Our resident woodchucks (we call them groundhogs here) happily consumed every petunia blossom in our garden one year! They seem to just like the petunia blossoms, not the foliage as much. We caught one in the act of breakfasting on the petunias, so I know it was not the resident bunnies. The petunias sort of regenerated afterward, but the plants were never quite the same after that. I find that the woodchucks/groundhogs generally won't eat snapdragons, so if you want a colorful flowering annual, I would try those instead. We have some lovely white snapdragons this year that I'm liking a lot, and the groundhogs haven't touched them. Snapdragons are one of the few non-natives we plant, but we plant them every year because of their reliable groundhog resistance. We don't grow Dahlia so don't know about groundhogs and those....See MoreI have another weird critter
Comments (7)Ringneck snakes are a real favorite of mine, Nancy. Totally harmless, of course, though they can emit a heavy musk when handled. Another of their defense mechanisms. These are generally very small snakes. The official descriptions says adults can be from 10" to 30" in length, but I have never seen one over 12", and I've seen many, many over the years. I've often seen babies only 4" to 6" long. Here is a picture of the one we found under Betsy's camellia when we dug it up for Evelyn. You can see how little it is. Glad you rescued yours. They are gentle and very pretty snakes. Marcia...See MoreAnother venomus critter!!
Comments (1)What an interesting critter and a good picture! There was a thread about centipedes in the Gallery, too. This is from the internet: Question: What goes 99 clunk? Answer: A centipede with a wooden leg. Despite their name (which means "100 legs"), centipedes do not all have 100 legs. Centipedes are fast-moving, carnivorous, invertebrates. They have a hard exoskeleton and jointed legs. They live on land in moist microhabitats (under rocks and logs, in leaf debris, or occasionally in burrows). Centipedes have a flattened, segmented body, long antennae, and many legs (each leg is slightly longer than the one in front of it). Centipedes are carnivores (meat-eaters) that use venom to kill their prey. Their bite can be painful to a human but not lethal. Centipedes eat insects, earthworms, spiders, and slugs. House centipedes eat roaches, spiders and silverfish. Birds, toads, and shrews eat centipedes Some centipedes care for their eggs and the hatchlings. About 20 families and 3,000 species of centipedes have been described. Here is a link that might be useful: Thread on the gallery ......See More- 10 years ago
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