Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: what's this snake sitting in my sago palm?, 0 by Gymgirl

Gymgirl wrote:
Claypa,
You were correct. It was an Eastern Hognose Snake, totally harmless. Next time, I won't tell my DH anything. I am truly saddened, because I decided long ago to live in harmony with God's creatures, to the extent that I can remain safe...this is a true tragedy...

There was a time I might have gone screaming through the yard. Well, maybe just one yell, til I composed myself. My mother was an arachnaphobe, and I developed a healthy respect for the things people truly fear. I also had to develop a courage about dealing with "creatures", because my mother would go into a complete fetal state. Once she visited me here in October, and traveled home Halloween night. YOU try going through Hobby Airport on Halloween Night and not running into a cobweb with a spider. I tried to run interference and scout out every corridor we had to go down. And, we made it all the way to the check-in counter. I thought we were safely there, and I turned for one split second. When I looked back, my mom was curled up in a corner, whimpering. She had managed to see the one display I didn't catch -- the cobweb and the spider...

Anyway, I didn't grow up with the luxury of being a "girlie" girl. I had to toughen up and handle the creatures. And, since I have been a DGer, I have gotten extremely comfortable with the animals, and "creatures" I have encountered in the yard. Including the larvae that looks like huge maggots! I have hated maggots all my life. They made me squeamish -- until DG! Last fall, I encountered a HUGE Banana Spider over head in this gigantic web. I studied it for weeks, until one day I came home and DG had pulled the web down...oh well.

Anyway, I'll respect the wildlife. Live and let live....