Identifying Small Holes Around Your Foundation: Voles or Insects?

Most Likely: Voles or Field Mice

Nickel/dime-sized holes in bare soil near the foundation in early spring are typically vole activity.

Beetles or cicadas may emerge, but voles are the early-season culprits.

Place a baited glue trap near a hole. You'll likely catch a vole.

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