| Rodents like Moles and Golphers can destroy a beutiful lawn, this page gives
information on controling them. |
| Moles |
| Moles - live underground they move around by burrowing holes in the soil which look like volcano
shaped mounds.
There favorite food is grubs and earth worms and insects such as beetles, they dont eat plant roots. Moles
do not hibernate they
simply burrow deeper during the cold months so they can cause
damage to your lawn year round since they need to eat. Moles build vast under ground tunnels
in search of worms, insects and nesting/living space. They prodeuce two types of tunnels, sub-surface and deep
tunnels or runways.
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| Golphers |
| Gophers - dig tunnels in the ground noticable by the dirt mounds they leave as they dig.
They are herbivores and feed on a variety of vegetation mainly roots. |
| How to get rid of them |
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| Natural methods -
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- Chewing gum
- Noise
- Castor oil granules
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| Man made methods - |
- poison pellots
- poison gas
- poison worm
- Traps
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