Guess what we found tonight?
No guesses? Come on. I’ll give you a hint… let’s take a stroll down memory lane:
Remember this guy? A baby rattlesnake. Right on our back patio.
What about this nasty little thing? Eeww.
Michael’s friend spotted this at the bottom of our pool a couple of weeks ago.
Can you imagine opening your eyes underwater and seeing this?
Oh yeah – in case you didn’t know – it’s a bark scorpion.
One of the most poisonous kinds.
And one of the most popular out here in the desert southwest.
This baby rattlesnake? Totally different than the earlier baby rattlesnake.
Same bucket, though… Slim pickins on the rattlesnake buckets out here.
Steve and Jack caught this cute little lizard on the back wall.
I can handle lizards. Snakes and spiders? Not so much.
Is this a millipede? Centipede? Does it matter to me? Nope. Yuck.
Get it away from my house.
This? It’s a wolf spider. How do I know that?
I found it in my pool and had to e-mail multiple pictures of it to the “spider lady” at the Desert Museum for identification (because I am kind of a geek like that. I like to know what’s in my yard).
Then she checked with several colleagues and got back to me about it. Double yuck.
This thing? HUGE. With big, fat rattlers on it.
My neighbor almost stepped on it last week.
The fire department actually came out with their bigger, fancier rattlesnake bucket
and took it back to its happy place.
So, any guesses yet?
A coyote?
A gila monster?
Nope.
Just a king snake. A little baby king snake.
The kids were so excited to see it and pet it.
After a few minutes of oogling, you know what they asked, right?
“Can we keep it?”
And after thinking about all the gross stuff we could have found,
Dad and I said “yes… just for one night.”
Then Jack asked, “Can we go get him some chicken to eat?”
OK – Love your new pic. Now about the critters – get a little fish tank and the boys would love the snake as a pet – hhhmmmm what to name him – just think of the things that snake could teach them. hhhhmmmmmm – nothing. Get rid of the damn thing. Gross. Now they will think they can pick up any little thing. I get grossed out by the japanese beetles in my yard.
I have new pets – Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal that are now coming to visit and eat at the bird feeder. See, that is the perfect pet.
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I agree! I don’t know how you do it, Becca. The bark scorpions and wolf spiders would put me over the edge. Yuck!
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You’re such a better mom than I. Cuz’ king snake or not, I would not have “kept” that thing for even a minute. Gives me the full on willies just thinking about it.
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All I can say is WHY did you move to Arizona? Just to spend bonding moments with these creatures? YUCK……………
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Aww… King Snakes are great! Noah and I caught a bunch this year and have a few at home… But we’re weird and like that sorta thing ;-)
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That’s not a kingsnake its a long nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei)
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I would not survive in your neck of the woods, I mean desert. Too many creepy crawly things for me. I can’t even imagine seeing any of those things in my backyard. You’re one brave mama.
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We are coming out there why?? I dont mind at all but Neely would flip if she saw the snakes in her Backyard!
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I believe that Neely Jo might fall in love with any of those creatures you might have to check her bags before she returns home as she might confiscate one or two of them so make sure that they are all accounted for.
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It’s an adventure everyday… you guys are so lucky to live in such an exciting place. The King/Rhino snake is very cute, you should let the boys keep it!!
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No. No. No. None of em’ =(
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Not a chance (for the worse stuff). The king snake, I probably would let it stay the night. We have the wolf spiders here (although, not as big), but we also have black widow and brown recluse spiders. Those things are creepy!!
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