Armadillos Tearing Up Your Front Lawn? Call Today!

We are western mammals known for our unique armor-like shell and notorious for our digging habits. One us in particular - the nine-banded armadillo - has made its way into the southern United States, and is the focus of this page.  

• Only U.S. Species: we are the Nine-banded  armadillo(Dasypus novemcinctus)
• Our average Size: 25-48" long (including the tail); 8-18 lbs.Average 
• our lifespan in the Wild: 7-10 years 
• Our identifying Features: greyish-brown oval-shaped body with a long, tapering tail; long head with a pointy snout and small black eyes on either side; hard, armor-like shell (carapace) with 7-11 distinct band-shaped breaks around the center; we have four short legs with long claws designed for digging. 
• We are mainly insectivores, with over 90% of our diet consisting of animal matter, like insects and other invertebrates. We are also known to eat the occasional reptile or amphibian - especially in colder weather. The remainder of our diet consists of plant matter, although it's been found that most of the vegetation we eat has been consumed incidentally.