How to Stop Foxes Digging Up Your Lawn

Usually to hunt leatherjackets and chafer grubs living in the thatch, or to scent-mark and cache food in loose soil. Grub damage looks like scattered ragged holes; scent-marking looks more like a few deliberate digs with soil piled to one side.

Removing food sources such as accessible bins, pet food left outside and fallen fruit, combined with scent deterrents reapplied after rain. Reducing grub populations through good lawn drainage and regular scarification removes the food incentive that draws foxes to dig in the first place.

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Often, yes. Chafer grub larvae live just under the surface and are a preferred food source for foxes and badgers. Signs include loose, spongey turf that lifts easily and increased digging through autumn when the grubs are largest and most active.