A little guy, maybe 8 inches long.
It died while it slithered into the bird netting and could not get out.
In a group of 4, observed mating as well as interacting socially, one observed hunting fish, one grabbed a cicada.
Moved the poor doe from a pond filter system
HOW DID THIS GET INTO MY BEDROOM?????
Found it on the sticky trap, used a paper towel to drip vegetable oil until it got free. It's in a 5 gallon bucket with some paper towels and a lid with water.
Edit: we're walking to let it go in the woods
Edit 2: now released on the woods. We saw an armadillo across the street
Caught in a sticky trap in a bedroom, then promptly freed (via oil and paper towel application) and let outside
Lampropeltis nigra?
Beautiful!!
Great way to end the day. A nice large individual in shed.