Brown snake hidden in Adelaide vineyard stairs confuses Facebook users who can’t find it in photo

Social media users have been stunned trying to spot a crafty snake in a photo of its makeshift vineyard home.

The deadly juvenile brown snake was photographed making a home in a small alcove up a set of stairs at Wirra Wirra Vineyards, in McLaren Vale, south of Adelaide, on Monday.

The vineyard called in Snake Catchers Adelaide, who removed the snake on Wednesday, after other snake catchers failed to remove the creature that slithered the day before.

Reptile hunters quickly took a photo of the brown snake poking its head out of the burrow, among leaves and dirt, and posted it on their Facebook page, where it confused users.

‘Oh my! It took me a while to find it! God he is small,” wrote one confused user.

‘All I can see are bricks, dirt and leaves. Someone help me here and tell me where it is please,” another user wrote, unable to find the snake.

Another user quipped: “I’ve been on spec protectors and still couldn’t see it.”

It took some time to remove the snake from the ladder that is often used by staff in the vineyard.

“It took a while for it to come out, but now the staff can get their ladders back and they’re happy,” said snake catcher Ange Broadstock. AdelaideNow.

“It’s safe to say that we’ll be called the (Adelaide Snake Catchers) from now on.”

While less dangerous than their older counterparts, juvenile brown snakes still use a neurotoxic venom that attacks the victim’s nervous system.

Just over a week ago, a Brisbane father of two in his 60s died after being bitten by an eastern brown snake.

Brown snakes are typically active in Adelaide from September to May, however this year their active season was interrupted by about two months.

“I had chosen a winter spot,” said Mrs. Broadstock.