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On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 22:17:10 -0600, "Dwayne" wrote:

Put down a grub killer. Once they are gone, the moles will be gone also.

I seem to recall reading that moles eat earthworms. Do I remember
incorrectly?

The most common eastern mole eats primarily grubs, plus some worms and
snails and slugs and miscellaneous, but mainly grubs.

The most common western mole eats a greater ration of earthworms.

It's not so common that a mole selects a location that has ONLY worms, but
one with a mix of worms and grubs and slugs is prime mole territory. If
there is a super-abundance of moles in a miles-wide area, however, the
fact that they are highly territorial and do not permit interloping moles
may "trap" them between other moles' surrounding territories, so they're
stuck with poor eats. On such extreme occasions when they're stuck in a
place with poor pickins, they may make do with vegetable matter (i.e.,
grass roots and flower bulbs), but it's definitely not their usual thing.
With a good source of grubs and worms and slugs, about the only thing
vegetable oriented they would eat would be fungus (they clean
root-destroying insects funguses out of roots, saving the lives of many a
tree & shrub without the gardener even knowing they have a mole to thank
for the health of their garden). To closely paraphrase Sharon Lovejoy, the
rule of thumb is generally, "If you have moles, you need moles." See:
http://www.paghat.com/mole.html

-paghat the ratgirl

--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
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