I've got mound-like mountains of black hard dirt, some 9 in. tall. When mowing just now I would kick them over and there are holes big enough to drop a coke can through inside. Some of them, however, are not that big but they are all pretty scary looking. I've had people say they could be everything from spiders (of which we've seen some really big boys run by) to crawdads ("come on over we'll boil them up"?? surely not in my yard) Anyway, they are very unsightly, not to mention terrible for my mower. My neighbors have a few but I've got the majority, lucky me. Help!

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I don't think they are armadillos. I have 2 goldens and board others in my home so should know if there was an animal that big in the front yard. (Not that they would help at all but would at least bark as they bark at anything bigger than a hummingbird) Also, the only ones we see around here are roadkill (Icky, but true) out by farms and pastures. It is SO driving me crazy. No signs of whatever it is in the back yard at all. My front area also feels spongy when you walk on it. Weird, huh? Grass looks pretty good under the weeds we are trying to control and we dont' over water (can't, water is too high here) just can't figure it out.

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I would bet money (except I don't bet) that you have crawdads! Your yard being spongy is because of poor drainage and that is what they are attracted to. Do you notice more holes after a rain? We have the exact problem and never saw one of the little pests..until we had our building sprayed for termites...and the chemical soaking into the ground made a few of them come out of the holes! Once you have a good crew of them, they are difficult to get rid of until you get the yard to drain better. Our yard has what they call a "hard plate" under it causing the water not to drain well, or at all...and those little boogers love it!

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