 All About Moles
Moles are Insectivores, a group of mammals that eat insects. Known for their burrowing, Moles can create tunnels up to 3 feet deep. Typically, moles prefer soft soil in shady, well-water lawns, as well as areas close to rivers and streams. Since moles can eat up to 1/2 of their weight each day, they spend most of their time underground in their tunnels searching for food. | | | Identify Mole Damage Finding mole mounds in your yard is an indication that moles are present. A mole’s voracious appetite for insects has it constantly searching for the next meal. In its quest for food, the moles excavate soil from their deep tunnels and deposit dirt on the surface in volcano-shaped mounds. Additionally, the mole's webbed feet are used like paddles to swim through the soil resulting in surface tunnel that appear as long ridges in the soil. It is this "swimming" motion that can sometimes inadvertently damage the roots of crops, plants, shrubbery and trees when they get too close to the surface.  Most of the tunneling is done in a random search for food, so many of the tunnels are seldom re-used by the mole that created them.
Moles are mostly active in the early morning and late in the evening. On a daily basis, moles are capable of creating 100 feet of these subsurface tunnels. In a problem related to mole activity, plant parts may subsequently be eaten by mice, which use mole tunnels for protection and as avenues to food supplies.  Dr. T’s Nature Products® offers a variety of innovative solutions to effectively control moles by providing powerful, natural products for your mole control needs.
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