ioc wrote:
I knew that it was a misconception that they stay
underground...
but I did not realize how many of them come up at night. What I
was
surprised most by was the first time I went after them with
this
stuff mounting a large offensive on them was, just how many of
them
came up to die. I can't explain why but suspect they are
looking
for water (does this stuff dehydrate them like rat poison?

Rat poison doesn't dehydrate rats, they bleed to death.


I dunno)as that is the reason for their overnight behavior
(looking for
food and etc).

Moles do not come to the surface for food, they eat grubs they
find underground.


I'm no expert, I just know that they get more active at the
surface
level here in the fall and spring and putting some Mole Patrol
in
the holes or even moving a little dirt gently with a spade and
then
replacing it carefully gets results. They recolonize tunnels
out
here in the country so the fight never ends.

To the original poster, maybe you are seeing a freeze/thaw
heave of
past infestations but it can't hurt to nuke the gnawing little
bastiids in a few places just in case.


wrote in message
oups.com...
How do you find the carcasses of these subterranean critters
once
they're dead?

-Fleemo

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5