Moles
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These small mammals can create some of the most disproportionate (in relation to their body size) volcano-shaped dirt mounds you would ever want to see. Usually about 7 to 8 inches long and not more than 3 inches wide, moles can create a dirt mound a foot high and 18 inches across on top of a nice green lawn! There is nothing like a mole to ruin a well cared-for lawn. Most of us have spent countless hours maintaining lawns in our lives and, even without moles, a lawn can be one of the most frustrating property features to maintain. Moles expel all this dirt with their very large forepaws while expanding their underground runways in search of food, protection, travel and nesting. It is estimated that moles spend half their lives in search of food such as worms and insect larvae. They can travel up to half a mile in a day going back and forth through their tunnels in search of a meal. Generally only one mole is present within a particular tunnel system except during breeding season. After the young are mature enough to take care of themselves they are forced to leave the tunnel system and create their own. Even though only one mole may be present in one particular system, it is not uncommon to have several systems neighboring eachother. Sometimes they even share major tunnel "highways" that will allow travel and expansion of a particular runway system. Even if you rid the one mole that was calling your yard home it is very easy for another to move into the now vacant tunnel system. Unfortunately it is usually the greenest, healthiest lawn that has the greatest amount of mole food within it, therefore it is the most attractive new home for the neighboring moles. That is why consistent and effective treatment is needed. Some of the various techniques used to try evicting moles from a lawn are: Chewing gum, human hair, broken glass, animal urine, human urine, moth balls, windmills, battery-powered sound makers, pick axes, shovels and even shotguns! Few of these have even the slightest effect on moles. Trapping of moles is a proven technique when the trap is properly set but this practice was outlawed in Washington State in 2000. We now have very safe and effective baits combined with proven repellent products that help Rambo Total Pest Control keep your lawn free of those unsightly mole mounds. Call today for a free quote!