I agree that the snapper is an improbable culprit, since.

Feb 13, The soil disruption happens overnight because skunks are nocturnal feeders. The hole is approximately the size of a skunk nose.

The skunk presses its nose to the soil and digs with its long, front claws. Skunky knows that just below the surface is a protein-rich treat, just waiting to be harvested. Jan 29, Animal Holes. Structural Hole Identification. Mouse and Bats: Size of a pencil (3/8") Rat, Chipmunk, Flying Squirrel: Size of a quarter (1”) Tree Squirrel, Skunk: Size of a baseball (1½”-3”) Raccoon: Size of a grapefruit (4"+) Ground Hole Identification.

Rat: Holes tend to be inches wide and smooth from repeated use/5. Jun 27, Woodpeckers make short order of stumps around here. The hammer the hell out of them going for the insects inside. The common shrew is native to Britain and exists commonly in scrubland, grassland, hedgerows, and woodland. Shrews mostly occupy burrows dug by other animals and surface every hours to feed themselves. Shrews feed on insects, spiders, worms, amphibians, and small shrubclean.barted Reading Time: 7 mins.

Jun 16, Animals that typically do this in our area are skunks, raccoons and possums. You may want to reference: shrubclean.bar It is just unusual to see digging like this at this time of the year and typically these animals explore the turf more than around trees and shrubs.

Jun 26, Skunks digging for food leave conical holes about 3 inches deep, as if a pencil were stuck in the earth and then swirled around, Turpen said. Their burrows have Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Hey Unidan, there is an animal burrowing into a tree stump in my backyard, any ideas as to what it could be?

Close. Posted by 6 years ago. Archived. This probably isn't the case if you haven't seen any around, but I've known wasps to burrow into stumps. 4. Share. Report Save. level 1.