PIKE COUNTY, Ill (WGEM) – They’ve turned up digging under basement windows in Pekin. They’ve been spotted in Urbana, Chicago, and southern Wisconsin—and this year, even as far away as Milwaukee and Ohio.
Now, they’re even popping up in the Tri-States.
Armadillos, the armored, insect-eating mammals long associated with Texas and the Deep South, are steadily expanding their range northward, and researchers say Illinois now has a permanent, breeding population of its own…