Moles And Voles In Yard

Although they are often confused as one in the same ground moles and voles are two entirely different animals.

Moles and voles in yard.

With two completely different diets. Moles are insectivores and exist solely to eat insects. If something has been dining on your garden goodies chances are it isn t a mole. Others are more fortunate.

Moles aren t the only troublesome garden pests. The difference between ground moles and voles. Commonly when one animal leaves or is caught another arrives to take its place. An underground barrier around the perimeter of your yard can do just that.

If like jeff in manassas you have moles making tunnels in your lawn and voles eating your spring bulbs and perennial roots a castor oil based mole and vole repellent is the first course of action. Complete lawn mole extermination may not be possible especially if other people around you are also experiencing a mole problem. Moles voles and groundhogs are often confused with one another because they all burrow beneath the ground. After catching one or two the problem seems to go away.

Voles can devour your flower bulbs munch on the roots of your carrots potatoes and other root vegetables damage your trees and shrubs eat your grass and leave well worn paths through your yard. Lawn moles and voles are difficult to get rid of. However while moles tend to make large holes like groundhogs do because they excavate soil they often don t leave the lawn.