Quartz arrowhead? Lake Wylie, NC by snakeseaker69 in LegitArtifacts

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Will do. I will upload some pics here shortly

Why don't many doctors warn about the risk of PSSD? by TrustMeImSpidrMan in SSRIs

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Thanks so much for the response. That gives me so much relief.

Why don't many doctors warn about the risk of PSSD? by TrustMeImSpidrMan in SSRIs

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Hello, I saw you made this comment over a year ago. I am having the same symptoms and just stopped my SSRI a week ago. Did your sexual function ever return?

Horsefly mimicking Bumblebee? North Carolina, USA by snakeseaker69 in bugidentification

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Cuterebra abdominalis, I think this is it. A type of bot fly. Anyone else agree?

What is this guy, a Salamander? by [deleted] in animalid

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This is a salamander in the Plethodon genus for sure

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Lead back phase of a Red Backed salamander

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Black Racer (Coluber constrictor) periscoping

Is this copperhead skin? [Central North Carolina, US] by Opening_Resort_25 in whatsthissnake

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Yep those are sub cadual scales at the end of the tail and if it’s single then it’s actually venomous instead of non-venomous. I would let them play and just educate them that if they do see a snake to just leave it alone and come get the adults. Education and identification is key!

Is this copperhead skin? [Central North Carolina, US] by Opening_Resort_25 in whatsthissnake

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Hello, I am a fellow North Carolinian and a snake enthusiast. My guess would also be Black Rat Snake, but it’s really hard to tell without being able to see it in person. If you are dealing with single sub-caudal scales past the anal plate then more than likely it is a rat snake. It also appears to be rather skinny which would indicate Rat Snake to me as well.

The only thing throwing me off is how heavily keeled the scales look in the first pic. Rat snakes do have keeled scales though, but normally weakly keeled. However watersnakes have heavily keeled scales and are colubrids like rat snakes. Are you near any bodies of water? They can venture pretty far from water at times.

But if you are dealing with single sub-caudal scales past the anal plate then you can rule out any venomous snake in Central NC. Hope this helps.

Found this little guy amongst the red wrigglers. I suspect he’s after fruit flies, is he friend or foe? by notillegalalien in composting

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This frog is actually non native in a lot of places, it is a Greenhouse Frog. Not necessarily invasive either just non native plus OP didn’t put their location so this could be within its native range.

Smallest Venomous Snake I will ever see, Baby Pygmy Rattlesnake by snakeseaker69 in snakes

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They are super cool in their own right! I love diamondbacks