Ok, here's a topic that has been bugging me for years. I live in upstate NY, and one summer I was playing in my yard, when I found nest of tiny, newborn garters. There had to have been nearly a hundred and fifty, so I knew that it must have been two litters, but half were your typical, common garter and the other half was entirely black, with a small yellow ring on the neck.

They were the same size as the for-sure-garters, and they all scattered before I could even think about picking one up. To this day, I have no clue what they were. Any ideas?

Hannah