![]() ![]() Wasps of this species are further known for having a metallic color which makes them appear glossy in direct sunlight. It has dark blue coloring with black wings. ![]() The Nearctic Blue Mud-dauber wasp (Chalybion californicum) has a dark-color body. Nearctic Blue Mud-dauber Wasp Nearctic Blue Mud-dauber Wasp The following species of blue and black-blue wasps are the most common in North America. The venom can paralyze small insects and cause allergic reactions in humans. Many blue and black wasps have a venomous bite. On the other hand, the sting can also lead to necrosis and come with high levels of pain which don’t quickly subside. The sting of these wasps can have minor effects such as short-lived pain. These wasps aren’t particularly known for chasing people, but they can sting whenever threatened or roughly handled. POPULATION TREND: Due to habitat destruction and degradation, populations of indigo snakes have been steadily declining, although an exact current population count is uncertain.Blue wasps are some of the most dangerous types of wasps in the US. THREATS: Threats to eastern indigo snakes include habitat destruction and degradation, collection for the pet trade, road mortality, climate change and sea-level rise, an d mortality from toxic chemicals used to collect rattlesnakes. ![]() Eastern indigo snakes also eat other snakes, including venomous species. LIFE CYCLE: There is no information about indigo snakes' lifespan in the wild, although one captive individual lived 25 years and 11 months.įEEDING: Eastern indigo snakes' diet consists of a variety of species, including small mammals, birds, toads, frogs, turtles and their eggs, lizards and small alligators. Females lay four to 12 eggs yearly or bi-yearly, with the eggs hatching 90 days after being laid. MIGRATION: Eastern indigo snakes are not believed to migrate, though they do have a much smaller range in the winter than in the summer months.īREEDING: Eastern indigo snakes breeding from November to April and nest from May to August. RANGE: This snake can be found in Florida, as well as southern areas of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Gopher tortoise burrows are an important part of these snakes' habitat because the snakes use them for shelter from the winter cold and to escape dehydrating environments. They require a variety of habitats to complete their annual cycle of breeding, feeding and sheltering. HABITAT: Eastern indigo snakes inhabit pine flatwoods, hardwood forests, moist hammocks and areas surrounding cypress swamps. Juvenile indigo snakes look very similar to adults but have more red featured along their heads. Its chin and the sides of its head are reddish- or orange-brown in color. Its body, including the belly, is shiny and bluish-black in color. Relatively little is known about the Gulf Coast indigo snake and how its natural history differs from that of the eastern indigo, described below.ĭESCRIPTION: The nonvenomous eastern indigo snake is the longest snake in the United States, ranging in size from 60 to 84 inches long. NOTE: In 2016 biologists released a study determining that the species till then known as the “eastern indigo snake” is in fact two separate species - the eastern indigo snake, Drymarchon Couperi, and the Gulf Coast indigo snake, Drymarchon kolpobasileus. EASTERN INDIGO SNAKE } Drymarchon Couperi ![]()
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