What kind of damage do moles cause to a lawn?

You have work so hard for your garden around the year. When the spring is just around the corner, your lawn is attacked by moles, we are sure you would be devastated. After all, you would hate to see your beautiful garden turned into a maze. Yes, this is what the moles do, they turn your garden into a maze. Moles fall in the same category as the bats and shrews and they feed on insect. Their favorite is earthworm. Moles vary in sizes, the biggest mole is usually around 8 inches. Due to their big, thick paddle like front feet and large claws they can dig very quickly. The have small eyes, but to vain. Moles are virtually blind, yet they can dig better and faster than most animals. They can only detect dark and light through their eyes. Having a short neck is a great help for them as they can easily put it inside a small tunnel.



Before you reach to the conclusion that your lawn was destroyed by moles and take respected action, you need to understand the damages and their symptoms caused by moles. In order to ensure that the lawn has been attacked by a mole, you need to pay attention to two most common signs, first there will be raised ridged areas in your lawn and second the conventional molehill. The ridging of the area is caused when the mole digs very close to the surface. Likewise, the molehill is formed due to the dirt the mole excavates while he is in process of diffing deeper tunnels around his living chambers. If you see both these signs, then you are sure that the chaos occurred in your lawn is because of a mole.

They can turn out to be a major problem for homeowners because of their ability to dig. Their tunneling can result in lawn chaos i.e. they cause ridges in the lawns and damage the root system. This results in raised areas causing the grass to dry out quickly, thus resulting in patches of dead brown grass in your lawn. We are sure you don’t enjoy some part of your garden lush and green while the other dead and gone. Similarly, their tunneling can also result in plant death or damage. Why so? While they are digging near the surface they will plug everything out in their way. Your plants may not have strong roots to withhold a moles digging powers, thus they will end up uprooted. You will be surprised to learn that a mole can dig 100 feet in one day, i.e. about 15 feet per hour. Thus, if proper action is not taken on time, you can say bye-bye to your beloved garden and all the hard work with it.

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