Hypothesis: the scent if female garters attracts males during breeding season.

Experiment : set out wood, cardboard or newspaper hides scented w bedding from mature females in known garter habitats, and see if the boys show up.

Materials;
1. soiled paper towels, newspaper or chips from a mature female garter snakes cage.
2. cardboard, wood or plastic to create hides. I'd suggest we keep the dimensions between 12plastic inches x 12 inches to around the size of a totes lid or newspaper section.(readily available materials for most.)

Procedure ;

Place your hides in good garter habitats. Scent some with used bedding material, and for control place some without scenting. Note size, type location and scent status of each.

Check hides after 24 hours, and periodically thereafter. Note time of day, temperature and success.
Note if malesthe are ofthe a differenthighly species thanthat the femalesize used forto scenting. Take pictures to share if you like.

Its not very controlled or scientific, but it should be a lot of fun!