What's digging holes in my yard?
THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS VARIOUS HOLE DIMENSIONS, SOIL CONDITIONS AND HOLE
LOCATIONS, FOLLOWED BY THE CREATURE RESPONSIBLE
6 - 10 inches in diameter, no mound, scattered in lawn: skunk or raccoon
6 - 10 inches in diameter, mound four inches high, near garden or barn:
groundhog
2 inches in diameter, no mound, scattered in lawn: squirrel digging
acorns
2 inches in diameter, small mound one inch high, under a shrub, log pile or
concrete slab: chipmunk or rat
2 inches diameter, small mound, in lawn with markedly raised grass nearby:
mole
1 inch diameter, no mound, next to hosta: vole
1 inch diameter, soil thinly scattered around hole, middle of the yard:
cicada killer wasp
1 inch diameter, two inches high and made from balls of mud, near creek:
crayfish
One-fourth inch diameter, mound two inches high & wide, several in middle of the
lawn: ground bee
No hole, mound two inches high & wide, several in middle of the lawn:
earthworm