No, but there are more holes today.

 

I was walking through my yard today and guess what? There are similar holes in my front yard, about 5 of them, LOL. I didn't have time to stop and try and look or figure out what it is though. These don't look like crawdad holes, I have seen them in the back yard near a very small stream in the past, these don't have all the mud pushed up around the sides like the crawdad holes.

 

BF, we need to call the X-Files, lol.

We had some weird one's when I lived in Louisville. I thought they might be moles. Those wholes look like the old crawdad holes I used to dig up when I was little except they had a little more mud around them.

I really don't see hoe these could be crawdads. We live on a busy street in the burbs and have a small front yard. I don't know how they could have gotten here or where they could have disappeared to.

Could this be what made the holes?

"You get a line and I'll get a pole and we'll go fishin' in a crawdad hole":lol:

 

All I really know is they make great fish bait and the folks down south love to eat them, of course they are a little different species from what we see here in Ky. I have eaten them but didn't like them. (I don't like eating anything I have used for bait:eek:)

They do migrate especially after heavy rain. That is why I thought the holes in Birdsfan yard may be the work of crawdads.

This time of the year is when they lay their eggs.

Crawdads also shed their skin.(molting) similar to what snakes do. They outgrow their shell so they shed to get a new one.

Not much info but I hope it helps.

 

So, this time of year they dig holes to lay eggs, but don't cover them up? What is the purpose of the hole?

If it took 6 guys, 6 days to dig 6 holes, how long would it take to dig a half a hole?

So, this time of year they dig holes to lay eggs, but don't cover them up? What is the purpose of the hole?

 

I'm not 100% sure but they are mostly nocturnal feeders. I'm guessing the hole provides safety and may play a role in controlling their body temp.

If it took 6 guys, 6 days to dig 6 holes, how long would it take to dig a half a hole?

12 hours.

I think that Alvin, Simon and Theodore and hanging out in your yard! :lol::lol:

Could be a baby riverrat................she makes holes in my yard all the time.

Birdsfan, I've just seen a bunch of holes in my yard similar to those in yours. I've also noticed plain evidence of a mole. I'm thinking you have grubs in your yard (as do I) and it's chipmunks making the little perfectly round holes in both your yard and mine..

BF, you could start a thread titled "What if?" and it would get 100 posts.:lol:

Aliens have arrived. Next comes the abductions and probes.....:scared:

Aliens have arrived. Next comes the abductions and probes.....:scared:

Aww...not the probes again!

 

And I haven't even learned how to play the tune or do the hand signs or anything.:irked:

Looks like Mole holes. Drop some hot pepper down the holes, the culprits will reveal themselves.