Ive been told that the huge holes in our yard are made by armadillos. How do we stop them?
Armadillos feed primarily on insects and invertebrates, including ants, grubs and earthworms. Their burrows are usually six to eight inches in diameter and up to 15 feet long and are located under brush piles, stumps, rock piles or dense brush. They dig small holes in the lawn and flower beds as they are foraging for food. Methods of control include building barriers around your property, such as fences or the use of live traps and death for the armadillo. The preferred approach is to tolerate the armadillos. I would like help identifying a caterpillar. The critter is rust-orange in color. Its most prominent feature is multiple tufts of hair resembling the ends of an artists paint brush. Each segment of the body contains six black dots arranged in a circle. Commercially available sprays seem to have no effect on it. From your description, the oleander caterpillar comes to mind. You did not mention what plants were being nibbled on. If it is an oleander, most people just let these critt
