Birds moles raccoons and skunks like to feed on grubs so if your lawn looks like a zoo that can be another sign.
Grass pile in attic.
If you are experiencing holes in your yard there are a variety of things that could be causing them.
Typically determined by what an animal is eating the color of pest poop can help you identify a squirrel vs.
However heat rises and air circulation isn t typically ideal in an attic space which means temperatures inside of an attic frequently reach three digits during the summer.
Animals children at play rotten roots flooding and irrigation problems are the usual suspects.
What is grass rust.
Termite dropping piles could be drywood termite poop known as frass.
Mysterious piles of multi colored pellets are usually indicative of drywood termite presence.
But if you have an attic with plenty of space you can use that too.
Even the placement of feces in an area like whether it is scattered in a line or found in a single pile can mean the difference between hunting for a possum or a raccoon.
Grass rust puccinia sp is a common visitor to residential lawns beginning in august and persisting through the fall months it is a fungus that feels right at home when visiting stressed kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass in the north and tall fescue and zoysiagrass in the mid south.
Here s a nest in an attic created by starlings which were able to fly in through an open air duct.
Sure you can take advantage of a pantry basement or extra closet if you have one.
Among the white grubs common in so many turfgrass lawns are green june beetle larvae cotinus nitida recognizable from their exceptionally short legs and ridged backs.
The grubs feed on grass roots causing the lawn to turn brown in large irregular patches.
Many of the rarely used items also end up in piles in the attic which will eventually be forgotten.
This type of nest is easy to remove by hand and put in a large plastic bag.
Green june beetle grubs.
If it has nut shells in it most likely squirrels.
A rat problem in your attic for instance.
Mice and rats also tend to use local nest building materials where available attic insulation paper from insulation backing or drywall etc whereas squirrels tend to import theirs from outside so typically has a lot of grass and leaves which is what yours sounds like.
With proper remodeling an attic can transform into a dreamy space.
If dead sections of the grass pull up like a piece of carpet you probably have grubs.
Mole crickets add insult to injury by eating turf grass roots during the day and emerging at night to eat the grass itself.