The 129 degree reading reached in Death Valley Sunday (National Weather Service via National Park Service) Death Valley now shares the record for hottest U.S. June temperature ever recorded with Volcano, Cali, which shot up to 129 on June 23, 1902. The 129-degree temperature was still five degrees shy of Death Valleyâs all-time record high of 134.
Plains garter snakes eat a wide variety of animal prey. The diet of plains garter snakes and common garter snakes is very similar, so they probably compete for prey where they are found in the same area. They eat frogs and toads, salamanders, fish, birds, small rodents, leeches, earthworms, and grasshoppers.
Garter snake: Friend to humans, not so much to insects. Kevin Tungesvick | For The Herald BulletinGarter snakes typically feed on amphibians, leeches, crayfish, small fish, worms, pillbugs, spiders, crayfish and a variety of insects. Of the 41 species of snakes in Indiana, the eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) is probably the most abundant. It is sometimes incorrectly called a garden or gardener snake. The garter snake ranges in color from greenish brown to dark brown with three light stripes running the length of its body.