What are these snakes

[alexinPA]

They live under or near rain barrel. Should i get rid of them?

 

[Hay Dude]

Garter snakes.
Harmless
I see no reason to kill them.

 

[deezler]

^ this. Don't worry about 'em one bit unless they get into your house, haha. They do pest control for free.

 

[caver]

Probably Garter snake.

 

[alexinPA]

Garter snakes.
Harmless
I see no reason to kill them.

Black one too?

 

[scootr]

Is the Garter snake a mispronunciation of Garden snake? Or is the garden snake found in gardens and the garter snake found in uhm, well... we have many different name for that snake!

 

[Hay Dude]

Black one too?

Was there a black one? Didn’t see it.
Black one could be a black snake. They are pretty harmless, too.

 

[Hay Dude]

Is the Garter snake a mispronunciation of Garden snake? Or is the garden snake found in gardens and the garter snake found in uhm, well... we have many different name for that snake!

Garter snake - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[slckeys]

Black one too?

The black looking one in the upper right of the one picture that looks like it's looking at your rain gutter? Looks darker but still the garter snake pattern. Maybe less light hitting it in the picture...

 

[kenmbz]

Garters eat bugs,snails and small rodents. So we leave them alone.
I've been bit by them on a finger, sharp needle like teeth, so don't point at them

 

[deezler]

Garter snakes come in a lot of different patterns. Generally east of the mississippi, seems to be the most common snake in many areas. If you see a slender 1-3 foot snake around your house, thats probably what it is.

 

[polo1665]

Garter snakes are harmless, but if they nest around your house you could end up with more snakes than you bargained for. I started out fully against eliminating any, but by the third year here I had so many I had to cull the herd, so to speak.

 

[sea2summit]

Absolutely keep them around, they keep the pest population low.

 

[oosik]

Wish I could see more than one or two per year. And I have a rain barrel for them also. However - from July 1 thru mid- October - - just too dry for the little fellows.

 

[scootr]

Wish I could see more than one or two per year. And I have a rain barrel for them also. However - from July 1 thru mid- October - - just too dry for the little fellows.

I put out a sauce pan of water for the critters. Sprinkler hose fills it and it's not deep enough to drown anything bigger than a bee. Could put a stick in it for bees I guess. Like to water the Quail, they have lots of babies right now. Night camera showed a lynx getting a drink a couple of years ago.

 

[stuckmotor]

Was the pink thing going around the corner in the first picture a snake or what?

 

[Thomas]

Glad there yours and not mine.

 

[alexinPA]

Was the pink thing going around the corner in the first picture a snake or what?

That's electric cord partially under gravel