Mole or vole removal from lawn - Ask Extension
How do remove or control moles or voles in your lawn? Chemicals, traps, lawn services, or how?????
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Asked April 28, 2021, 4:32 PM EDT
How do remove or control moles or voles in your lawn? Chemicals, traps, lawn services, or how?????
Hennepin County Minnesota
Expert Response
Moles and voles are two completely different animals. Voles are little creatures that look like mice. In the winter they can chew on the bark of young tender trees and shrubs for a food source. You will sometimes see trails in your lawn in the spring but that grass will come back. Moles are large and dig tunnels underground searching for insects. You can see the ridges sticking up in your lawn. The only way to deal with them is to trap them. Quite often they will be in your lawn one year and then move on down to someone else's next year. Here is more information: Tunnels and holes from moles and voles (umn.edu)
