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Silent Type

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8. On South Georgia farms, we had holes something like that. They were called Doodlebug holes.

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Sun Oct 27, 2024, 09:08 PM

Oct 2024

But have never seen them in rocky areas, and they weren’t that big. I wouldn’t camp on top of those or stick my finger in one.

Plus, they kind of look like someone stood there pounding hiking poles into the ground.

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Any idea what these might be? In the shade of a mesquite tree. [View all] Ptah Oct 2024 OP

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On South Georgia farms, we had holes something like that. They were called Doodlebug holes. Silent Type Oct 2024 #8

doodlebugs are the same as antlions Kali Oct 2024 #15

Thanks. Did not know that. Silent Type Oct 2024 #18

interesting creatures Kali Oct 2024 #19

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