Nevertheless, the diet of an adult milk snake still primarily consists of rodents. They have been known to consume a variety of animals including rodents, eggs, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. Milk snakes are much more opportunistic eaters than the fox snake or corn snake. They are also known to eat birds and their eggs, frogs, fish, and other snakes.
Young milk snakes typically eat slugs, insects, crickets, and earthworms.Īdult diet frequently includes lizards, and small mammals. ⤷ Atlantic Central American milk snake, ''L. ⤷ Pacific Central American milk snake, ''L. Listed alphabetically by subspecific name. ⤷ ''Osceola doliata triangula'' - Cope, 1900 ⤷ ''Coronella triangulum'' - Boulenger, 1894 ⤷ ''Lampropeltis triangula'' - Cope, 1860 Eastern milk snakes also have a light colored v-shaped or y-shaped patch on their neck. There is enough distinction among the five to make the Eastern milk snake fairly easy to identify. Juvenile milk snakes, which are more reddish than adults, are often killed because they are mistaken for copperheads. Milk, fox, and scarlet snakes are killed because of a resemblance to the venomous rattlesnake. However, the Eastern milk snake does not resemble a coral snake instead it tends to have similar markings to that of several other snakes, particularly the fox snake, scarlet snake and most importantly, the massasauga. ⟶ *Red touches black, you're OK, Jack red touches yellow, you're a dead fellow. While both milk snakes and coral snakes possess transverse bands of red, black and yellow, common mnemonics can be used to properly distinguish between the deadly coral snake and the harmless milk snake: Some milk snakes have a striking resemblance to coral snakes and this mimicry likely scares away potential predators. However, red blotches instead of bands are seen in some populations. They have smooth and shiny scales and their typical color pattern is alternating bands of red-black-yellow or white-black-red.
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