steve Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 across the lawn area of our back garden there are lots of holes, i know that these would not have been made by snakes but have been told to be carefull of snakes appearing from them. is this true? and what would have made the holes, there are no signs of any moles ?cant think of anything else small enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 In my garden all the holes that are up to about one and a half inches in diameter wide, seem to be inhabited by beetles; big black ones. [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 The holes were probably made by either field voles or common voles, or both and although snakes will not have made them they most certainly will and do use them.Whether or not you should be careful? Only if you are thinking of poking your fingers or toes in the holes!!Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted June 9, 2006 Author Share Posted June 9, 2006 came across a couple of beetles whilst cutting the grass. if they came from the holes they didnt go back down. will have to get the expanding foam out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 How big are your holes Steve?. These beetles just go about their business, they don't jump on you and bite your neck or anything[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted June 9, 2006 Author Share Posted June 9, 2006 i have nothing against voles or snakes but a bit concerned about5 year old boy looking into them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted June 9, 2006 Author Share Posted June 9, 2006 i should have said the holes are about 1 inch or 2.5 centimetres, so qiute small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Can voles hurt you? Makes you think twice about all those misleading Ladybird Books doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Steve, going round blocking holes isn't really going to do much good, Asp Vipers can be anywhere, it's the countryside. It's better to teach children about wildlife, how to recognise different creatures and how to handle them if appropriate.Good to see you back Tresco.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Tresco, it's worse than you think, the Killer Voles are out there. They've even made a book about it.[IMG]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f338/dick_at_aulton/3858_2b5269064a.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcazar Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 In the Herault, camping, I once found a smallish hole, clear of plants or debris for about 2" all round, going straight down into the ground, It was about 15mm across.It was where I was going to set up my barbecue, so I was interested, but not that bothered. I thought it might be a mousehole, and if Mrs Alcazar sees a mouse, we're off that site the same day!I moved to look down it and thought I could see a claw! I thought, "Scorpion?", so poked a stiff length of grass down it.Imagine my shock when a very large SPIDER appeared from the hole, holding onto, and actively PULLING my bit of grass! It moved like lightning. I think I jumped back about f our feet, my French friend laughed his socks off at me, but stopped laughing when I got him to do the same on the spider, now back down it's hole, and it repeated the trick!We saw a few of them during the holiday, one running across our groundsheet in the awning didn't survive the journey, but the most scary was the one on my youngest's HEAD when he retrieved a Man Utd shirt off the floor and put it straight on! Serves him right for supporting a crap team LOL[:D]Some local French told us they could bite, but weren't dangerous, a bit like a mild wasp sting was how they described it.Alcazar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Please hush all of you this is the country Im moving to.............................. what about the flowers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 There are a few carnivorous flowers (plants), but they don't attack humans, honest.Relax, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 france hasnt met my man eating dog yet...................we get a new post man every week as they mysteriously dissappear..................................and the dustbins havnt been emptied for over a month????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Est Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Hi,I think I have the same holes in my garden. When I first arrived in Normandy it was March 2005. On cutting the grass for the first time, I discovered these small holes and also quite a few sloworms, so thought that it was them that had made the holes. Later on, about May/June, I noticed something dart back into one of the holes. so sat and watched and what appeared did look something like a beetle, but on looking it up it turned out to be a Field Cricket. If these are what you have in your garden, you should hear them chirping really loudly all day and night in May/June. Hope you didn't fill the holes with expanding foam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Asp Vipers !!! we are not talking Cleopatra here and a need for funeral parlours are we Chris ? .....and..... do they know the way to the Vendee ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Thankfully no, Frederick, we are not talking Cleopatra here, that was thought to be an Egyptian Cobra, bit higher on the scale of dangerous, as in often deadly, shouldn't be any here.But if you see one, speak nicely to it.Your other question, Do Asp vipers know the way to Vendee? Well, do bears crap in the woods?Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkhunter Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 I have them too but all i got out was a frog, may have been a toad, obviously retiring from the heat of the sun, this was in mid june, Hugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 [quote user="pads"]france hasnt met my man eating dog yet...................we get a new post man every week as they mysteriously dissappear..................................and the dustbins havnt been emptied for over a month?????????????[/quote]Hi Pads, welcome to France!!!What's your man doing eating dog? I'm sure that ain't allowed here? If Cassis is to be believed then that's something they do for a career, or was that in Korear, or somewhere in the East? He ain't having a nibble at our dog on Saturday, so there.... Eats postmen too eh [8-)]? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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