Skunk

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Skunk

• Mephitis mephitis

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Scientific Name
Skunk's latin name, Mephitis mephitis ,
translates appropriately into "bad odor."
Common Name

• Eastern Striped Skunk

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What skunks attack
How to manage skunk problems

• Controlling lawn grubs may reduce skunk damage to
  lawns. Lawn treatment advice and materials are
  available from garden or hardware stores.

• Skunks will dig up lawns and gardens searching
  for insect larvae and grubs. They leave
  cone-shaped, divet-like holes, three to four
  inches in diameter and may also turn over larger
  pieces of sod.

• Fencing will also help keep skunks out of gardens
  because they are not good climbers.

http//dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/wildlife/factshts/s
kunk.htm
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Management

• Chemical
• Biological

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Bibliography

• Cabrera, Kim A., Animal Tracks - Striped Skunk
  (Mephitis mephitis), February 2, 2006,
• http//www.bear-tracker.com/stskunk.html
• CT DEP Eastern Striped Skunk Fact Sheet,
• February 2, 2006, http//dep.state.ct.us/burnatr
  /wildlife/factshts/skunk.htm
• Penn State Home Garden Pest Problem Solver,
  February 2, 2006 http//paipm.cas.psu.edu/ProblemS
  olvers/gardenProblSolv.htmlanimals
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