Snakes and spiders and other critters...

[+Team Bacmac]

My family and I, geocachers from a northern suburb of New York City, will be in the Daytona beach area over Christmas. We'd like to find some local caches while there.

 

While investigating, I saw several logs referring to rattlesnakes and poison spiders spotted in the vicinity. Do these kind of critters hibernate in Florida in the winter months? Or are they there, ready to strike, all year round?

 

We Yankees don't need to think about such dangers when geocaching...

 

Melissa

[+ZSandmann]

Southern animals don't hibernate per se. But as always look where you step, look where you put your hands and you should be fine.

[+Flatouts]

We live here in the Orlando area. My husband grew up here and I'm a born New Yorker, Long Island in fact. I've lived here now for 17 plus years. I hate spiders and snakes. I went on some serious bush whacking caches a few weeks ago with some friends. I survived. Unless you plan on hitting into some of our rural ares most of the urban caches require very little bush whacking and will keep you away from most snakes and spiders. It's the ants you have to be afraid of!!!!