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  1. What damage pattern on fascia board most likely indicates squirrel gnawing for entry?

    Answer: Clean-edged, circular holes approximately 2-3 inches in diameter with tooth marks

    Squirrel gnaw holes are characteristically clean-edged, circular, approximately 2-3 inches, with visible parallel tooth marks.

  2. Shallow surface tunnels with raised ridges just beneath the lawn are characteristic of which animal?

    Answer: Eastern mole

    Eastern moles create shallow feeding runs that appear as raised ridges in lawns as they push through soil searching for grubs.

  3. Greasy dark marks along baseboards and at the edges of a small opening indicate which pest?

    Answer: Rat or mouse

    Greasy rub marks along baseboards and entry points are characteristic of rodents that follow walls and leave oil from their fur.

  4. Clean, 45-degree angled cuts on garden vegetable stems are characteristic of which animal?

    Answer: Rabbit (clean angled cuts from sharp incisors)

    Rabbits have sharp incisors creating distinctive clean, angled cuts at approximately 45 degrees on plant stems.

  5. Large areas of sod rolled back overnight most likely indicates foraging by which animal?

    Answer: Raccoons or skunks digging for grubs

    Raccoons and skunks peel back sod to access grub larvae, creating characteristic overturned turf patches overnight.

  6. A 'latrine' of accumulated feces on a flat attic surface most likely indicates which species?

    Answer: Raccoon den site

    Raccoons create communal latrines at consistent locations, and flat attic surfaces are common latrine sites.

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