Stevens
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The post a couple of weeks ago about moles and yard damage made me think of these. We dont have moles around here, too wet I guess.
But we do have crawfish, in the low parts of yards they make these "chimneys" you can see below. Something to do with the female needing to keep the eggs and babies she carries unde her tail damp. As the water table goes down they have to burrow deeper to stay wet.
Don't ask me why they don't just go into the swamp, there's about 50,000 acres of it 200 feet away. Maybe they have to be dry for part of the time?
Anyway, as they burrow they push up mud, a marble sized ball each time, when you run over one with the mower the heavy clay mixed with the grass clippings sticks to the inside of the mower deck and doesn't come off easy. In picture 2 you can see in the background the mess made when I ran over one about a week ago.
This one is about 8" high they get up to about 14".
At least these guys are good to eat, I havent tried mole, yet, might make a good Gumbo?
the fire ants are worse!
Steve W
But we do have crawfish, in the low parts of yards they make these "chimneys" you can see below. Something to do with the female needing to keep the eggs and babies she carries unde her tail damp. As the water table goes down they have to burrow deeper to stay wet.
Don't ask me why they don't just go into the swamp, there's about 50,000 acres of it 200 feet away. Maybe they have to be dry for part of the time?
Anyway, as they burrow they push up mud, a marble sized ball each time, when you run over one with the mower the heavy clay mixed with the grass clippings sticks to the inside of the mower deck and doesn't come off easy. In picture 2 you can see in the background the mess made when I ran over one about a week ago.
This one is about 8" high they get up to about 14".
At least these guys are good to eat, I havent tried mole, yet, might make a good Gumbo?
the fire ants are worse!
Steve W
