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