TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Rattlesnake season is coming to a close, but rattlesnake danger remains strong, and it’s because of the holidays.

Jeff Martineau, rattlesnake prevention specialist for Tucson with Rattlesnake Solutions , said the drop in temperatures, especially around dusk, usually indicates the end of rattlesnake season.

“Rattlesnakes are going from wherever they spent the summer, to kind of avoid the heat, or hunt,” Martineau said. “They’re moving and transitioning to places where they’re going to be hibernating or denning for the winter.”

And that leads to a common misconception.

“The expectation for a lot of people is that the rattlesnakes go away completely,” Martineau said.

But he said that the transition period has shown a spike in rattlesnake movement during

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