There are all these holes, maybe a centimetre in diametre around the backyard in the dirt and in between the grass. They have the pile of dirt outside the holes. What are they? It looks like a creature might have burrowed or come out of there? It's quite deep too, probably more than 10cm when i put a stick in one of the holes.
This sort of burrow hole is left by the night crawler variety of earthworms. They can grow very large...as big a your pinky around & up to aprox. 8"
They will especially come to the surface at night after a rain...
You can catch them at night, in the summer, by hosing down the ground well... then go out with a flashlight & shine on the ground...they will look like long skinny sticks..they can be stretched up to a foot long... You have to be quick to grab them, as they keep one end very close to their burrow & slink down it quick... if you catch one half down, it can take a slow patient pull to get him out intact.
Maybe you have an abundance & should catch & sell them to a fishing store... they are great fresh water bait!
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I bet it is still fairly warm there where you are.
It's some kind of grub burying itself for the winter. I watched one do that a couple months ago. It looked like a black caterpillar with no fur on it and it dug itself a hole in the moist dirt. It then crawled inside the hole and buried itself. I think this was some kind of underground cocoon where it would undergo metamorphosis and become some kind of moth or beetle.
They are worm holes and the piles of soil are worm casts. They do more good than harm as the worms aerate your soil / lawn which in turn will make it grow better. If the casts are unsightly then knock them over or scatter them on the lawn and the rain will wash them in.
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