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There are holes appearing all over our front and back yards. This happened this time last year too and they popped up everywhere and continued to do so for months.
Does anyone know what they are?! I never see anything in them or near them, but they look like wolf spider holes so it bothers me a lot. I even went outside at night with a torch because apparently if they were spiders I'd see their eyes...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @NatFrances. We're pleased to have you join us and look forward to reading all about your projects and plans for around the house and garden.
I would recommend you have a read of this previous discussion - Mystery holes in lawn by @Prof - as members shared many suggestions about possible culprits. Other similar topics include What is making holes in my lawn? by @burnsie2 and Random lawn holes by @bobby_oz.
Hope that helps,
Jason
Hi @NatFrances
I'm exactly in the same situation. Mysterious holes are randomly appearing in my garden. If you've read the other posts about this issue, there have been so many suggestions as to what it could be. The only other thing I could add is the possibility that it could be cicadas. Their life cycle is in tune with this month as a lot of them are coming out in October. I recommend continuing to observe and keep an eye out in the evening as you might eventually see what's coming out of the ground.
If you need further assistance, please let us know.
Eric
Hi @NatFrances ,
I have similar holes here, and it could be trapdoor spiders. They are all over my yard.
The holes are a similar size, and not all trapdoor spiders make doors ( just did a quick search ).
I have found they generally leave the door open when they abandon the burrow, and it is very light and can blow away or fall apart in the rain.
A few weeks ago I was sitting outside reading and saw one come out of it's burrow in the gravel out of the corner of my eye. It looked around for a bit and went back in, and a few pages later I looked again, even got up and went right to it, and had no idea where the door was they make them that good.
A couple of sites I saw said their bite isn't dangerous, but they are very shy anyway and flee from people. They also help control beetles, cockroaches, crickets, slaters and other spiders. Hopefully that's what they are.
I am in Central NSW but they are found over eastern and southern Australia including Tassie.
Thanks for the added information to our mystery garden holes. That is an amazing picture of the spider's door and burrow. I will definitely keep an eye out for the trap door if there are any in my garden. I'm sure at some point someone will actually take a picture of the critter coming out of these holes. In the meantime, we just need to keep looking.
Eric
