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Snakes and Plants
Name: kathy
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Question:
We live in the southern most tip of Illinois,on horseshoe lake.
I would like to know what time of the year do snakes come out and
when do they go back in? Also is there any plants to plant to keep them away?
Replies:
What kind of snakes, in what kind of habitat? All snakes in Illinois
hibernate in winter, but their habits differ by species. I'm not sure of the
range of dates for southern Illinois, but they start to come out of
hibernation in northern Illinois around the end of March or in April,
depending on the weather. Advance of spring is usually about 3 weeks earlier
in southern Illinois than northern, so i guess snake emergence would be
about that much advanced as well. They will come out when there are warm
sunny days to get them warmed up, and nights are not so cold that they will
be harmed. Fall entry into hibernation is roughly parallel, snakes will
often bask in the sun on sunny fall days before going into hibernation,
again in no. Ill usually in October but widely varying.
No, there are no plants I know of that repel or even discourage snakes.
J. Elliott
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