WTF is this 6" high dirt cylinder thingy made by?

[codewarrior]

Location: Side lot next to my work, Ashtabula Ohio a couple miles South of Lake Erie. What made this thing?

[guids]

Wasps

[codewarrior]

Burrowing into the ground?

[Borodog]

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Burrowing into the ground?

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Yes.

[oddjob]

it's where a leprochaun buried his treasure. i'd reach right in there and get it.

[NA_kicker]

Probably a species of digger wasps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digger_wasps

"In preparation for egg laying they construct a protected "nest" (some species dig nests in the ground, while others use pre-existing holes) and then stock it with captured insects. Typically the prey are left alive, but paralyzed by wasp toxins. The wasps lay their eggs in the provisioned nest. When the wasp larvae hatch, they feed on the paralyzed insects"

WASPS R MEAN!

[CrazyEyez]

Looks like little sand bags. If you find a miniature 50-cal inside, the answer is army ants.

[snagglepuss]

ugh, looks like a bad infestation of these things:


highly aggressive and riddled with disease; steer clear.

[codewarrior]

But there isn't anything flying in or out. Maybe it's a mole hole?

[tmfs]

lol it's made by crawfish.

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