Fig. 13. Milk Snake, Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum. Of economic value, yet 

 branded by a common myth alleging that it lurks around barns to steal milk from the 

 cows. It frequents old buildings in search of small rodents, upon which it feeds. The 



brown blotches also cause the snake to be mistaken for the copperhead. 

 Fig 14. (Lower) King Snake, Lampropeltis getulus getulus. A southern species, 

 ranging into central New Jersey. It is immune to the poison of venomous snakes and 

 will constrict and eat well-grown copperheads and rattlesnakes. 



