Date Photo Taken: Feb 2012
Location: Next to Sawnee Mountain, Georgia
Posted By: W4SDR
Notes:
These burrowed mounds in our Bermuda grass appeared overnight. The excavated dirt resembles tailings from a lathe. Thanks for looking, and please post your idea.
73
Tom
Bobby Unregistered says:
I’ve seen night crawler activity very heavy in lawns this winter. The warm & moist soil conditions in West Georgia have promoted an explosion in earthworm populations. One centipede lawn looked like it had been topdressed! That is what I think you are seeing. See this link
March 5th, 2012 at 8:24 pmhttp://bugmugs.org/2011/01/earthworm-castings/
Tom Unregistered says:
I collected a mound, and washed away the dirt.
I let the remnants dry, then placed them under a scope. It looked a lot like the earthworm casings in your link.
Excellent analysis! I think I’ll be happy with too many worms for now. Could be worse!
Tom
March 8th, 2012 at 5:09 pmjkbreuer Registered says:
Yep I agree with Bobby. These are worm castings.
March 14th, 2012 at 2:42 pmBob Unregistered says:
I disagree with the worm/nitecrawler idea. The soil is granular with a hole hidden underneath about 1/4 in. in diameter. The nound is conical, up to an inch high and an inch or two in diameter for really large ones. About the size of a tiger beetle immature hole. It is in primarily Bermuda grass, but also in areas that are fescue.
April 28th, 2013 at 2:39 pm