Moles VS Voles
 

Hello all,
I know that not everyone here will agree with my statement due to lack of
knowledge but Moles do not eat plants. VOLES eat plants. Moles are
Insectivores. their main diet is soil dwelling organisms such as grubs,
earthworms, and insect larva. If moles are just making tunnels in your lawn
which looks unsightly to you, get over it! Those moles are eating Japanese
beetle larva and other far worse pests that would otherwise kill your grass
and once hatched defoliate your roses.
But, if indeed your problem is that plants are disappearing. Then you need
to lay the blame on the Vole or even gopher. These two are Herbivores and as
such like nothing better than to suck down your tender plant roots and
bulbs.. Smitty

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Moles VS Voles
 

Absolutely true. Voles are much more like mice or rats that moles.

"smitty48" wrote in message
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Hello all,
I know that not everyone here will agree with my statement due to lack of
knowledge but Moles do not eat plants. VOLES eat plants. Moles are
Insectivores. their main diet is soil dwelling organisms such as grubs,
earthworms, and insect larva. If moles are just making tunnels in your
lawn
which looks unsightly to you, get over it! Those moles are eating Japanese
beetle larva and other far worse pests that would otherwise kill your
grass
and once hatched defoliate your roses.
But, if indeed your problem is that plants are disappearing. Then you need
to lay the blame on the Vole or even gopher. These two are Herbivores and
as
such like nothing better than to suck down your tender plant roots and
bulbs.. Smitty

For your further reading on this topic go to:

http://www.buginfo.com/furryguys/moles1.cfm

--
To Everything
There is a season,
And a time for every
purpose, under Heaven
Proverbs

Moles VS Voles
 

"smitty48" wrote ...
I know that not everyone here will agree with my statement due to lack of
knowledge but Moles do not eat plants. VOLES eat plants. Moles are
Insectivores. their main diet is soil dwelling organisms such as grubs,
earthworms, and insect larva. If moles are just making tunnels in your
lawn
which looks unsightly to you, get over it!

The mole infestations in my area are so heavy that there may be 15 long
winding tracks in a 6 ft. square area ... you walk across yard and feel/hear
one squash in the tunnel from the weight of your foot. Try to walk in that
area after a heavy rain and it's like stomping and sliding thru a bog ...
and the soil erodes gradually off the hills. Try to mow that area and it'll
bounce you off the seat of the riding lawn mower. Moles will tear flower
bulbs to shreds getting all the grubs and larva around the bulbs and in
amongst their roots so it doesn't matter if they are insectivores or not as
the bulbs are gone.

Genevieve in Mississippi

Moles VS Voles
 

We have moles, voles AND pocket gophers. The moles started tunneling
along our foundation one year and after a couple of heavy
thunderstorms, we had some dandy gullies along the side of the house
(the house is built into a hillside). We planted some daylilies along
the foundation and haven't had a problem with it since.

A pocket gopher got into our garden two years ago and ate all of my
carrots. :-( Of course, I couldn't blame the gopher. He migrated from
our hayfield and apparently decided carrots were better than alfalfa
roots.

Yes, they can all create problems. But I don't really mind having them
around (except when that gopher ate my carrots). It just means that we
live in the country (rural Wisconsin).

LeAnn

http://ruralroute2.com