This morning I went outside and found a massive array of holes around the base of my biggest oak tree. The last time I saw such a mess was a few years ago in which case the perpetrators were a bunch of wild hogs. Now I have a chainlink fence, far too high for hogs to scale, and all the gates were closed. So, the only logical conclusion was that it was a massive party held by armadillos rooting for whatever it is they eat. There must be a couple dozen holes with several a foot deep! In some cases, rocks the size of baseballs had been removed! Needless to say, I’ll need to fill them in before the next time I mow.
It’s still unimaginable that dillos made such a mess, compared to the usual holes I find that are about an inch or two in diameter and about that deep. Maybe this was courtesy of ET. Wish I had the event on video. Either way, it would have been tremendously entertaining!
Marcha's Two-Cents Worth 
Armadillos eat worms, spiders, beetles, ants, scorpions and other insects as well as vegetables and fruits; mostly berries and roots. They can eat 40,000 ants in one meal and 200 pounds of bugs in a year. They also eat snakes, frogs and lizards which is why you they are often near water – a.k.a. your lake.
If you decide to set a trap for them, do NOT put bait in it – you’d probably just catch your feral cats…. they are not easy to trap and/or poison, so good luck!
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I have nothing against them and this is business as usual living in the boonies. Fortunately, my yard is not golf course quality so it’s not a big deal, just a nuisance at worst. I’m more amused than anything. Too bad they don’t eat fire ants, though. Got plenty of them after the rain last week. I like possums, too, because they eat snakes and are immune to the venom. I figure if you live in the country you need to coexist with the wildlife since they’re part of the fun. The other night coming home from my neighbors I saw two grey foxes and a deer.
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As long as you don’t mind living with them, then I would consider the holes as a potential opportunity to plant shrubs and/or trees.
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LOL! That’s true! When I planted some trees a month or so ago it wasn’t easy in our rocky ground. Those dillos seem to get through them easier than I could with a shovel.
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Years ago, a neighbor’s dog would dig up mothballs anyone put in mole holes … I must admit that the neighbors all eventually learned to use a poker to drop a mothball where they wanted a hole and then wait for it to be dug… Kinda miss that very strange dog.
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Hilarious!
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Initially quite frustrating, but once we figured out her pattern, she did prove useful…. our own dog was far too lazy to go anything except trip a potential burglar.
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