Dekay’s Brownsnake is a common garden snake that eats worms and small insects. (Miri Talabac/Courtesy) ... June 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM EDT. Q: I found a small brown snake during my garden clean-up.

Dekay's brownsnake (Storeria dekayi) is a small, non-venomous snake that prefers to spend its time hidden rather than out in the open. Adults of this species can grow to be between 9 and 13 inches ...

Common brown (dekay) snakes, black rat snakes & black racers can be hard to ID. Here’s how to tell them apart. Non-venomous NC snakes that can look like a baby copperhead | Raleigh News & Observer ...

Brown House Snakes are nocturnal constrictors, killing their prey through suffocation, the same way a python does. They do not have fangs, nor venom, however, like pythons, they have a good set of ...