Armadillo population increasing in the Wabash Valley

Nine-banded armadillos have established a stable population in Indiana

A recent U.S.G.S. survey reports that nine-banded armadillos have officially established stable breeding populations in the state of Indiana. The species has also spread northward and eastward in recent years.

Armadillo population increasing in the Wabash Valley

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — If you have been out recently and thought you might have seen an armadillo passing by, you are not going crazy. There are a number of armadillos right here in the Wabash Valley and their population continues to rise. Armadillos belong to their own family of insect-eating animals. According to Brad Westrich of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, it took millions of years for armadillos to spread from South…