{"id":9404,"date":"2026-09-08T13:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/?p=9404"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:46:02","slug":"two-rattlesnake-species-same-ambush-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/snake-removal\/two-rattlesnake-species-same-ambush-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Rattlesnake Species, Same Ambush Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The owner of a home in a rural area of Surprise called after finding a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake curled up in ambush beside a watering dish frequently visited by quail and rabbits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six days later, she called us again. This time, a Sidewinder was sitting in the exact same spot, presumably there for the exact same reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a great example of how rattlesnakes recognize and take advantage of productive hunting locations. The water itself may be attractive, but a steady stream of potential prey can make the area around it an excellent place to wait for a meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jason relocated both snakes into deep cover on the State Trust Land adjacent to the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The owner of a home in a rural area of Surprise called after finding a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake curled up in ambush beside a watering dish frequently visited by quail and rabbits. Six days later, she called us again. This time, a Sidewinder was sitting in the exact same spot, presumably there for the exact […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5],"tags":[116,8,138],"class_list":["post-9404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arizona-snakes","category-snake-removal","tag-arizona-snake-removal","tag-snake-removal","tag-western-diamondback-rattlesnake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9411,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9404\/revisions\/9411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/snakeremoval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}