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 ...

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 ...

Juvenile copperhead. Note the yellow-tipped tail. Jodie Owen Courtesy of the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. As if it’s not hard enough to watch for copperheads in grass and leaves, now comes ...

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

Those baby copperheads born in midsummer are already ... For now the long sunny South Carolina days suit them just fine and as the state’s most common venomous snake it’s likely if you ...

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 ...