https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...C&opi=89978449

Nasty critters

You probably have grubs. Treat the grubs and they will leave your lawn alone.

Giant rats

Argentina is infested with armadillo's so this idea that they're incapable of living in colder climates is alarmist BS (it's 26 degree's in Salta and you'll find armadillo's there)...They proliferate because they bread like pigs and eat anything and everything and can reproduce faster than they can be killed off by coyote's.

I've got my .22 ready for a couple raccoons roaming around the area. I should put my trap out.

A quick search shows that there are real biological reasons that they prefer winters less harsh than what you get the further north you go.

Also there are a variety of species, some native to Argentina, so no surprise they do well there. Interestingly this article shows that the US armadillo is actually a different species than the similar one in Argentina, which apparently was typically thought to be the same due to the similar appearance.

https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/nat...289577360.html

Yes sir, I do treat them annually with Merit per the recommendation of 2112. It has worked getting rid of the Japanese beetles that were such a pest.

But obviously it hasn't eliminated all of them this season. Last night, per the recommendation of an old friend I put several small open containers of Pinesol
around the yard and lit the yard up pretty well. It seems to have worked.

That is interesting and very different from all that I could find to read about them.
I am starting to get concerned about our family farm in NW Kansas now as their northern migration continues.

I can only imagine how bad they would **** up a nice planted field.

One of my friends in Wichita with the same city issue sent me this message this morning.


"Hey Ed I got him tonight with my . 177 pellet rifle with 2 shots to his body and then smashed his head with my Ball bat."

Armored rats.

I wouldn't know for sure but I bet a .22 mag is just about perfect for them....lol. 9mm also works great they just crawl off and die somewhere. Those things are mostly dumb enough for you to drive right up to them and lean out the window I think.

Why did you move it? They are rats with armor. If you caught a rat on your property, would you move it 20 miles away or kill it?

A .22 round is cool to kill them but it won't stop them. I shot one last year and it crawled underneath the pool deck. Use a 9.

Send the grandkids to go out and chase them around the yard. Tell them you will give them a $20 bill for every one. Dead or alive. They likely won't catch or kill one. But it would probably be damn funny watching.

12 gauge slug would do the trick as well. Would be therapeutic, too. :)