Desperate! we hv MANY sm holes all ovr our yard. 1 to 1 1/2 " diam. Who causing this? Also,hv moles/voles!!!?

Question

desperate!!! besides so many holes (at least 100) we have mole or vole mounds all over our entire lawn. There is not a single normal place to walk. But what or who ios causing these small deep holes.Cannot see down in veryh far. p.s. there is no dirt mound around the holes.

Answer 1

ants? my gdad had that

Answer 2

beetles

Answer 3

Sounds like it could be 7 year cicadas. I noticed the same thing earlier all around my yard,then it wasn't long until I heard them making the high pitched sound some what like crickets that they are known for.A single one starts , and they all join in.It rises in pitch then falls to silent over about a 1 min. period.Later you will notice the empty shells where they molt.Several years ago the 17 year species came out of the ground.There were so vast in number, and the noise so loud some people called local TV and radio stations thinking alien craft had landed in the wooded areas.Beetles are a second possibility as suggested, but it would be unusual to have as many holes as you describe.With cicadas spending so much of their life in the ground, and then coming out all at once in such large numbers I think they would be the most likely cause.