With proper remodeling an attic can transform into a dreamy space.
Grass pile in attic.
Among the white grubs common in so many turfgrass lawns are green june beetle larvae cotinus nitida recognizable from their exceptionally short legs and ridged backs.
But if you have an attic with plenty of space you can use that too.
Mice and rats also tend to use local nest building materials where available attic insulation paper from insulation backing or drywall etc whereas squirrels tend to import theirs from outside so typically has a lot of grass and leaves which is what yours sounds like.
If it has nut shells in it most likely squirrels.
A rat problem in your attic for instance.
If you are experiencing holes in your yard there are a variety of things that could be causing them.
Typically determined by what an animal is eating the color of pest poop can help you identify a squirrel vs.
If dead sections of the grass pull up like a piece of carpet you probably have grubs.
Termite dropping piles could be drywood termite poop known as frass.
Mysterious piles of multi colored pellets are usually indicative of drywood termite presence.
Even the placement of feces in an area like whether it is scattered in a line or found in a single pile can mean the difference between hunting for a possum or a raccoon.
Animals children at play rotten roots flooding and irrigation problems are the usual suspects.
Mole crickets add insult to injury by eating turf grass roots during the day and emerging at night to eat the grass itself.
Here s a nest in an attic created by starlings which were able to fly in through an open air duct.
Squirrel nest in attic here is a baby squirrel amongst a very large pile of nesting debris such as grass and leaves which a squirrel has brought into an attic.
This type of nest is easy to remove by hand and put in a large plastic bag.
Grass rust puccinia sp is a common visitor to residential lawns beginning in august and persisting through the fall months it is a fungus that feels right at home when visiting stressed kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass in the north and tall fescue and zoysiagrass in the mid south.
What is grass rust.
Many people may be guilty of doing that but they don t realize that they re missing out on the opportunity to make the unused space extra special.
Many of the rarely used items also end up in piles in the attic which will eventually be forgotten.
Green june beetle grubs.
Birds moles raccoons and skunks like to feed on grubs so if your lawn looks like a zoo that can be another sign.
The grubs feed on grass roots causing the lawn to turn brown in large irregular patches.