If something has been dining on your garden goodies chances are it isn t a mole.
Moles and voles in yard.
Ground moles will not eat plants or the roots of plants.
Commonly when one animal leaves or is caught another arrives to take its place.
With two completely different diets.
Moles voles and groundhogs are often confused with one another because they all burrow beneath the ground.
Moles are insectivores and exist solely to eat insects.
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.
The best way to get rid of moles and voles is to keep them away from your lawn and garden in the first place.
Moles aren t the only troublesome garden pests.
Others are more fortunate.
Complete lawn mole extermination may not be possible especially if other people around you are also experiencing a mole problem.
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.
However while moles tend to make large holes like groundhogs do because they excavate soil they often don t leave the lawn.
Lawn moles and voles are difficult to get rid of.
An underground barrier around the perimeter of your yard can do just that.
After catching one or two the problem seems to go away.