You Do Not Have to Coexist

Facts and Diet

Not only is mole damage unsightly in your lawn, these pests can also harm (albeit indirectly) the root systems of your garden plants. They are at their most active after a period of rain or early morning. Contrary to what many people assume, moles are not rodents, they are carnivorous and thus live on a diet of grubs and works which can be found in abundance in the soil around flower bed and tree stumps.

Moles Vs. Voles

To be able to manage this pest it is important to differentiate moles from the common vole. 

Control methods for catching voles is entirely different. A vole looks like a mouse and a mole does not. It is much bigger in size with velvet fur and large front paws of which it uses to swim through the soil effortlessly. The best way to differentiate these two mammals is by what they leave behind. Moles leave the large mounds and sallow tunnels, whereas voles leave small, yet visible, entry holes near the base of structures or paths. 

Behaviors

Moles live almost their entire lives underground. In doing this they have developed a keen sense of smell at the cost of having poor eyesight and hearing. To live this way, they must dig tunnels constantly in search of food. 

The runways that you find close to the surface are their feeding tunnels. They also have a secondary type of tunnel that goes much deeper and is how the moles connect their tunnels. This is where the large mounds of dirt you see has been extracted from. 

Mating Season

Moles are solitary creatures and prefer to live alone. The only time they search for another mole is during mating season. Mole mating season starts in early spring where after a short gestation period of 4-6 weeks a litter of 2-7 babies are born. Since moles are not social animals, shortly after breeding, they part ways again, leaving the mother with the young. 

The young stay in chambers that are deep underground where they are well protected. They will under the surface until they are four weeks old. By the time a mole is three months old, it is a full-grown adult and will be able to breed at the end of their first year. Because of this, moles can become established in a yard quite quickly. 

Removal

We use non-chemical methods, safe for the entire family. Our top choice is the Viktor Out of Sight Mole Trap with a pressure plate in the middle that is triggered when the mole travels through the run. It pushes the soil upwards into the pressure plate, resulting in a quick painless kill.