In general, moles have small home ranges and the animal will rarely stay in the same area for a longer period of time. However, new moles can move into existing, abandoned tunnels within 24 hours. If you find an elaborate sequence of tunnels, it probably is just one mole that is a very active builder. Luckily, a mole is mostly a solitary, unsocial, and highly territorial animal, so if you eliminate one mole, most likely there isn’t another one nearby. In summer, the damage usually subsides when the soil dries out and moles excavate mostly at a deeper level. This is when moles are most active and are closest to the surface. The lawn damage is usually most noticeable during spring and early summer, but also in the fall. Mole burrowing activity varies throughout the seasons. The tunnels can do major damage to your lawn. The hills, however, are just a by-product of the animal’s industrious digging.

Not only will the molehills look like an unsightly lawn mess, but will also devastate your landscaping.

And the longer you allow moles to tunnel in your yard, the more difficult they become to control.Īlthough it’s not very likely to see them above ground, the hills and tunnels a mole leaves behind can be real eyesores in your yard. In nature, they are woodland animals but can quickly take over and spread through adjacent lawns in residential properties. Moles, the extraordinary small mammals, spend half of their lives underground searching for food, beneath those annoying mounds of soil. You’ll quickly notice multiple piles of soil – mounds that resemble a small volcano where the soil clumps are thrown out through the center and rolled down on all sides. You cannot be mistaken to know that a mole has invaded your lawn or garden.

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