MOLE CONTROL

Moles are small mammals that can be very destructive to your yard or garden. They are 5-8 inches long and have very soft velvety fur. If you see raised tunnels in your yard, you have moles. Other animals such as armadillos, chipmunks, pocket gophers and tree squirrels dig in the yard, but none make these long winding tunnels the way that moles do.

NON CHEMICAL CONTROL

• A tightly woven fence, buried at least two feet in the ground, can be used to exclude moles from a small area.

• Mole traps work if placed in the moles active runways. Move the mole trap every 3 days if no moles are caught.

• Siamese cats and rat terrier dogs are great mole catchers.

CHEMICAL CONTROL

• Moles eat grubs and other soil insects. By killing these soil insects with Talstar.

• Whole Control is a bitter repellent that will drive moles and other mammals from a small area but will not harm them, it simply repells them.

• Revenge Rodent Smoke Bombs will kill moles, chipmunks, and pocket gophers. Light the bomb, insert into main runway and back off. Use all 4 bombs in the pack.

• Talpirid Mole Bait is a deadly bait for moles in the form of a worm

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