 nine-banded armadillos (photo from Bridge Michigan) |
from an article in Brdge Michigan
Yes, nine-banded armadillos, dead ones at any rate, have been found in Michigan. Between 1989 and 2022 there have been five confirmed sightings, mostly in the southernmost counties, and all were dead in the road. Two were from Ottawa County and one each from Ionia, Luce, and Saginaw counties. There is also one photo submitted to iNaturalist, supposedly from the UP. This may be a hoax.
Wildlife officials do not agree as to how they got there. Some suggest they were brought into the state and discarded here. Others think that their movement into the state is inevitable, given climate change.
Agreement can't be reached as to whether it would be good or bad to have armadillos here. They burrow and cause structural damage. On the other hand, they eat ants and cockroaches.
Armadillos migrated from Mexico and into southern states in the 1840s. By the 1920s, they were found in Florida in the 1920s. Their distribution has spread northward to Illinois, Ohio and Indiana.
They would not be able to survive Michigan winters like the one we are having this year.
See Armadillo on Wikipedia
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