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Moles Digging In Your Landscape?
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Mole Tunnel in St. Augusintegrass
Moles digging through your lawn and landscape? Join the club! Mole activity is often very concerning to many people. In fact, one of the most commonly-asked questions we get is "how do I get rid of moles in my yard?"
Moles can be managed in the landscape, but their activity will not be eliminated. As longs as moles' food sources are available, they will continue to tunnel through lawns and landscapes.
Moles feed on many insects and invertebrates. Ants, grubs, crickets, snails, slugs, earthworms, and many other critters are on the menu. Moles do not feed on grass, shrubs, trees, vegetables, or any other vegetation.
Moles can be managed in the landscape, but their activity will not be eliminated. As longs as moles' food sources are available, they will continue to tunnel through lawns and landscapes.
Moles feed on many insects and invertebrates. Ants, grubs, crickets, snails, slugs, earthworms, and many other critters are on the menu. Moles do not feed on grass, shrubs, trees, vegetables, or any other vegetation.
While moles don't directly damage lawns, shrubs, or trees, their tunneling can expose roots to air and induce stress due to lack of water. Similar injury may occur with fine ground covers such as Mondo Grass, but this is much less common. In short-mowed lawns such as Zoysia and Bermuda, tunneling raises the lawn surface, which in turn contributes to scalping when mowers run over the elevated grass.
Mole tunneling can be a serious aesthetic problem where excavated soil is displaced onto impervious surfaces such as pool decks, pavers, driveways, and sidewalks. Mole tunneling under pavers may undermine paver stability and contribute to uneven surfaces.
Mole tunneling can be a serious aesthetic problem where excavated soil is displaced onto impervious surfaces such as pool decks, pavers, driveways, and sidewalks. Mole tunneling under pavers may undermine paver stability and contribute to uneven surfaces.
Before considering options for mole management, ask yourself - are the moles actually bothering you? Are they actually causing any damage to your lawn, shrubs, or structures? If the answer is no, then leave the moles be. However, if you decide that you want to pursue management of the digging critters, then several options are available.
Mole bait
Baiting - Applications of certain baits labeled for mole management can be effective for long-term mole management if done consistently. We use a commercially-available bait product that is attractive to moles. The bait is inserted into active tunnels and is ingested by moles that frequent the tunnels. Each bait used has the potential to be ingested by one mole. Once the applied baits are depleted, other moles may re-occupy the tunnels or come in from neighboring properties. It is important to understand that baits do not repel moles. For long-term management, bait application is required on a regular basis to keep up with mole populations.
Trapping - Physical trapping of moles is one sure way of removing moles from your landscape. Warning - traps can potentially seriously hurt other animals, the person setting the traps, or other people who may handle the traps. For this reason, many wildlife-removal services avoid using traps for mole management. Traps must be set very carefully as they can cause serious injury to anyone who handles them. Additionally, each trap set has the potential to remove one mole. So traps must be reset frequently for ongoing mole management.
Other Available Products are on the market including solar-powered vibration devices, spreadable granules, candies, etc. In our experience, these management methods typically do not provide satisfactory results.