SPOTTED ON THE COMMON

MOLE SNAKE SKIN

Most snakes shed their skins and at least 3 mole snake skins have been found during April. This one pictured was over 2.2m long!
Sadly, the next day a freshly dead mole snake of ±1.5m long was found at the intersection of Park & Milner. We suspect it tried to cross the road at night or early morning and was run over by a vehicle.

EUROPEAN PAPER WASP

Several nests of the invasive European paper wasp have been found. These foreign wasps are a threat to our local wasp honey bee species. The wasps have been reported to the City Invasive Species Unit. If you see one of these nests, please report it to ISU. If they get several reports, it is more likely that they will respond!