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Mud daubers are wasps known for building nests out of mud, and spotting a fresh clump near a house could easily make a homeowner or tenant wonder whether stinging insects had moved in.<\/p>\n
“I have only lived here for like 6 months,” OP explained<\/a>.<\/p>\n One commenter stated<\/a>, “That is a crawfish hole. Nothing to worry about.”<\/p>\n It was likely a burrow made by a crawfish pushing wet soil up from below ground.<\/p>\n Why does it matter?<\/p>\n Not every unusual mud formation signals a pest emergency.<\/p>\n Because crawfish seek out moisture, a burrow like this can reveal something about yard conditions as much as local wildlife.<\/p>\n “If you have a consistently wet yard, expect to see these everywhere,” one commenter added<\/a>.<\/p>\n Irrigation, overwatering, poor grading, compacted soil, and development that changes how water moves through a neighborhood can all create soggier conditions around homes.<\/p>\n When that happens, wildlife that would normally remain farther from people can start showing up right next to foundations, driveways, and lawns.<\/p>\n Misidentifying harmless wildlife can lead to unnecessary panic or pesticide use.<\/p>\n “Please do not call pest control. Animals deserve to be a part of the environment we continue to pollute,” one commenter pleaded<\/a>. “If they aren’t causing any structural or cosmetic damage to the home, please leave them be.”<\/p>\n Get TCD’s free newsletters<\/a> for easy tips, smart advice, and a chance to earn $5,000 toward home upgrades. To see more stories like this one, change your Google preferences here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A puzzling lump of mud near a home in Louisiana prompted one resident to ask Reddit whether it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[308617,6098,308618,308619,250,79,201],"class_list":["post-716153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-crawfish-hole","tag-louisiana","tag-mud-dauber","tag-mud-daubers","tag-reddit","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}