Usually baby copperheads eat cicadas, while the adult snakes focus on larger prey, Metz said. This cicada season is expected to yield fewer insects in South Carolina compared to last year and ...

As if it’s not hard enough to watch for copperheads in grass and leaves, now comes baby copperhead season, where one of the most venomous snakes in South Carolina can be not a whole lot longer ...

Copperheads are found across S.C. According to the South Carolina Department of Natural ... repeated myths about copperheads is the idea that baby snakes have less control over their bites ...

Experts note copperheads often visit yards searching for cicadas or rodents, and removing hiding spots is key to reducing ...

And like most other venomous snakes in South Carolina, copperheads have yellow eyes with black vertical and elliptical pupils. The myth is that baby copperheads can’t control their bites.

Located along the southeast coast of the United States, South Carolina is mostly humid and subtropical, with mild winters and ...