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To manage woodchucks effectively on your property, it helps to understand some things about their biology and natural history. We’ll start with a question – what’s the difference between a woodchuck and a groundhog?
Woodchucks here come in three different varieties: light brown, dark brown, and all black (melanistic). Woodchucks, also called groundhogs or whistle pigs, are herbivores that will eat legumes, vegetables, berries and other fruit, and fresh produce—to the frustration of many gardeners.
Woodchucks damage garden vegetables and fruits, eat ornamental flowers, and debark trees. Their burrows can undermine foundations and fences and pose a hazard to equipment, animals, and people. They give birth in April and May with litters averaging four to five pups.
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There are benefits and costs to sociality (living in groups). Watch the video for more details. Woodchucks’ social habits may have changed over millennia, depending on the availability of good habitat. Today, human changes to the landscape may be forcing them into greater sociality.
2 Φεβ 2022 · Groundhogs in Maine: Habits, hibernation, and keeping them out of the garden. On this Groundhog Day, Maine researchers explain why folks don’t see woodchucks until late February, and how to handle them if they become a nuisance.
19 Ιουν 2017 · These cute large rodents (thus a mammal) are entertaining to look at, but potentially dangerous and disruptive. A member of the squirrel family, it is also known as the “ground hog” or whistle pig. According to Scientific American, Groundhogs are also variously referred to as woodchucks, whistle-pigs, or land-beavers.
