05/05/2026
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You woke up to small, cone-shaped holes all over your lawn. Your first thought was skunks. You were right — skunks did the digging. But you blamed the wrong animal for the damage.
The skunk wasn't destroying your lawn. She was treating a grub infestation you didn't know you had. Skunks dig small, precise holes to extract white grubs feeding on grass roots an inch below the surface. The skunk damage is shallow and cosmetic. The grub damage is structural — roots severed underground, turf dying from beneath.
If a skunk is digging your lawn, your soil is loaded with grubs. The skunk is the symptom telling you about the disease.
Skunks also eat yellowjacket nests in the ground — digging them up at night, relying on thick fur to absorb stings.
The holes in your lawn aren't vandalism — they're evidence of a pest control operation happening on schedule.
She dug the holes because something under your grass was worth digging for.
