Eastern Kingsnake or Lampropeltis getula

 The Eastern Kingsnake or Lampropeltis getula is harmless!

When I spotted this one, I ran to grab my camera...

It turned its head as if to say: Hurry up, I don't have all day, waiting for you!

Okay okay, I follow you, just move on...

Of course it went straight for the creek!

It never looked back at me again and went head first into the creek...

Knowing they love to be in the water, makes you realize how easily they could hid on the edge of the pond, in the mud... as well as snapping turtles.

Pieter sure has been very brave for: Cleaning Our Pond and Fountain ←click link

Have you 'followed' once or more times a snake?

Planting, drainage, more burning and hacking

The  mega task of reclaiming the land of the adjacent lot, is showing that the end is in sight!

Pieter partly has begun planting shrubs to replace the ugly underbrush that he cut out.

Also drainage for letting the wet areas run dry over time.

Of course, still more controlled burning to do and hacking thicker branches with the long handled machete.

IF someone knows its correct name, please let us know!

Again as usual, best viewed on YouTube by using the clickable point below, with detailed description.You bet we both were looking forward towards the end of all this!Oh, digging up all those ugly tuberous roots from the Greenbrier, was quite a challenge...
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Bandido (Dido) did bring us this just Morphed Cicada

 Bandido (Dido) boy for sure did not get scared from the noisiest insect...

He brought us this just morphed Cicada inside!

Would you know what you were looking at?

Placed it on a piece of paper towel...

On Austin Bug Collection Cicadidae ~ Cicadas ←click link and scroll down for seeing some very good images and 'lookalikes' for the above.

Cicadas spend most of their lives underground, eating roots and other plant material. Some emerge after some 17 years for morphing, mating and laying eggs and the cycle starts all over.

Strange insect...

You can see here a 1 minute short video: 

A couple of Magicicada cicada nymphs at night (2016, WV, Brood V, Magicicada) ←click link. Towards the end you see the holes in the ground from where they came up...

Guess Dido stripped its wings...

Underside...Lots of legs it looks like.

Those eyes...!

Incredible 2:22 minute video: what the 17 year cicada sounds like INDIVIDUALLY and as a group ←click link

The sure did not scare Dido!

Neotibicen winnemanna (Davis, 1912) aka Eastern Scissor(s) Grinder ←excellent link to click on and it looks so much like Dido's catch!

Both of us are no experts in Cicadas but guess the above is interesting to check out.

This was another catch... a good month later.

Did you know Cicadas?

Related link:

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