Any idea what is making these. There is constantly every time I look little puffs of dirt coming from them. I have seen an ant not the sign of what is making them. So tell me what is down there? Should I worry?

Nov 9, 2025 2:13 AM

JamesDestined

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you can see the little in the second from bottom big hole.

You're taking mortar fire from the neighbor, I say you attack now before they zero in on your position

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Take one of those little twigs and lightly disturb the bottom of one of the sand pit traps. They will latch on with their mandible and you can pull them out and watch them borrow back into the ground. They let go pretty quick if they think you're too big to eat.

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Baby Sarlaccs

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Mini Sarlaac pits

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Small sarlacss

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Sand Devils/Doodle bugs

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alas, your garden bed has butthole syndrome

4 months ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

they are like tiny blow holes, and they are constantly eurpting!

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Ant lions. These are little traps to capture ants; the ant lions sit at the bottom of the hole and wait for something to fall in.

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ohhhh I haven't fallen in thank god!

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Ant lions.. don't fall into those holes!

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Ant lions are amazing little creatures! If you just very lightly disturb the dirt, like move a grain or two, you might see them react. They are super sensitive. So cool to see!

4 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I have been leaving them alone, but just how active they I got curious!

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Baby meteorites

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lol, it does look like that a bit

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Ant Lions

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larval Lacewings

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Lacewing larvae are highly effective predators of many common garden pests, including aphids, which they can consume at a rate of up to 60 per hour.

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sounds cool, looks like I let them be :D

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Antlion larvae (aka "doodlebugs") made those little funnel-shaped pits. They sit buried at the bottom; when an ant or small bug slips in, the sides collapse and the larva flips sand to drag it down.

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so the little puffs are a kill. Kind of cute.

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Antlion larvae

https://bygl.osu.edu/node/2264

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Reminds me of the creatures from Star Trek 2.

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thanks that appears to be them. Are they cool or are they pests (I live in Sydney Australia)

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The devil's sandbox, gonna say pest

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They are very cool.

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Harmless

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For humans, but ants would disagree.

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so long as i don't fall in one of the holes

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Both

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I looked them up and it said they eat pests

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