Heres a general overview: Garter snakes are some of the most common snakes all over North America. Their habitat ranges from forests, fields, prairies, marshes, wetlands, anywhere near water and at just about any altitude.
Garter snakes often benefit gardeners and crop growth. They help limit the negative impact of insect and mollusk pests. Garter snakes are low-level predators, often preying on toads and smaller animals, while being preyed on by foxes, squirrels, crows and other small to mid-sized animals.
Gardeners and farmers can attract helpful Garter snakes to their gardens by refraining from using chemicals on their plants and providing small areas that the snakes could use for shelter, such as shrubs, grasses, twigs and low tree stumps. Low fences, rock piles and small fish-free (fish eat amphibians that Garters like to eat) ponds might make for attractive habitats as well.
The vast majority of Garter snakes in this area are beneficial to gardeners. They eat small organisms that harm plants, devour slugs and similar pests, and their presence in a garden or field of crops is usually a sign of a harmonious and thriving ecosystem.
I collected my info from wikipedia, animaldiversity.com and techmedia.com.
Thank you for reading, and have a great Thanksgiving everyone.
Alex B.
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