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Old 05-19-2016, 03:43 PM
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Can anyone tell me what creates those small mounds of sand we sometime see appear on golf courses. They can be about 6 inches high and 12-18 inches around. They are not ant hills or full of insects. They just suddenly appear.
I think what you are talking about is not ant hills but moles. If you drive west on 44 to Inverness you'll sometimes see hundreds of them. Last year driving my cart along the MMP on 466a I saw several, stopped and kick a couple and nothing happened......not fire ants for sure.
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