Florida Frost taking care of invasive exotics problem?

[CTU2fan]

With all the fishkill any native scavengers are going to feast (turtles, gators, catfish etc).

Louie I rarely see green anoles at all around the house, I need to get out in the woods to see more than the occasional green. Interesting that you're not seeing dead browns. On one hand they're tropical and you'd think the cold would hit them hard, but on the other they've been here for a long time, and they seem more adaptable in that they'll shelter on the ground and around houses where it's not as cold.

 

[krzr3000]

Damn thats brutal. Planning a trip to miami/glades/keys for february, hope everything rebounds if it hasn't already.

 

[Death Pony]

Anyone rounding up the pythons and other invasives? This is the perfect opportunity to reduce their numbers.

 

[Louie]

Anyone rounding up the pythons and other invasives? This is the perfect opportunity to reduce their numbers.

I wonder how many pythons made it.

They have chipped a few to track where they go,etc and interesting to see what became of them. If they survived how they did it.

Snake guy who posted pics of pythons he found would know .

Before the cold hit .The python hunt didn't work out like they expected as far as numbers go.
Think it was 30 - 40 caught.

 

[Louie]

With all the fishkill any native scavengers are going to feast (turtles, gators, catfish etc).

Louie I rarely see green anoles at all around the house, I need to get out in the woods to see more than the occasional green. Interesting that you're not seeing dead browns. On one hand they're tropical and you'd think the cold would hit them hard, but on the other they've been here for a long time, and they seem more adaptable in that they'll shelter on the ground and around houses where it's not as cold.

"With all the fishkill any native scavengers are going to feast (turtles, gators, catfish etc)."

True. I saw turtles today feasting but only sliders,cooters no soft shells . Gators hit the jackpot.

 

[krzr3000]

Do you guys think this will affect what animals i will see in february/march? I'm gonna be staying in homestead, checking out the glades, keys, and miami. Was hoping to see iguanas.

 

[arowfan]

Louie, have you seen any live peacock bass lately?

 

[krichardson]

The temps hit almost fifty degrees up here over the weekend so things should almost be back to normal down there.

 

[fhawk362]

Do you guys think this will affect what animals i will see in february/march? I'm gonna be staying in homestead, checking out the glades, keys, and miami. Was hoping to see iguanas.

have you seen any live peacock bass lately? (quote)

Sadly most everything has been affected, How severely things have been affected depends, some species took it harder than others. I still see iguanas around, but many of the fish have been dying off, tilapia, plecostamus, oscars and mayans have been hit real hard. Even some natives such as bullhead, gar and crappie are dying. saltwater fish seem less susceptible, although I hear snook are dying . I don't think your trip will be affected too much unless you were hoping to catch some freshwater fish. snorkeling should still be good and most land dwelling animals are alright.
With peacock bass I havent seen large numbers dead which gives me some hope but I am yet to see any alive since the cold. I'm hoping they are deep and waiting for it to warm up to come up but theres no guarantees, it was cold for so long that the water is still in temperatures that are harmful to many non natives

 

[fhawk362]

And as far as current temps its been in 70s and lower during the days so it still hasnt gotten to warm.