1. Moles
Can They BeCan They Be
Controlled???Controlled???

2. Moles
 Scientific Name Family:
Talpidae
 Behavior
 Subterranean (most of their
lives underground)
 Diet
 Primarily Earthworms
 Distribution: 2-3 moles per
acre on average
 Can dig 100 ft per day on
average—18 ft an hour

3. Mole Species
Star-Nosed Mole
Condylura cristata
Wet soil and water
Irregular tunnels
Hairy-Tailed Mole
Parascalopus breweri
Well drained soil
Will feed above
ground
Eastern Mole
Scalopus aquaticus
Well drained soil
Most Common
Mole in Iowa

4. Mole Damage Identification
 Mounds
 Caused by
moles digging
deep tunnels.
 They literally
carry the dirt
to the surface.

5. More Pictures of Mole Damage

6. Mole Damage Identification
 Runs
 Travel Runs
 Long
 Straight
 Connect
feeding areas
and living
areas
 Feeding
 Short
 Crooked

7. Mole Control: Non-lethal
 Repellents
 Castor Oil: Sold under various names such
as Mole Med, Mole Out etc.
 Ultrasound: Don’t bother
 Thumpers/Windmills: Don’t bother
 Moth Balls: just use it for moths

8. Mole Control: Habitat Modification
 Stupid Ideas that
will work:
 Pave over lawn
 Pour enough
toxic chemicals
in your yard to
kill every
insect/worm in
the soil.

9. Mole Control: Lethal
 Trapping: The
Environmental
Solution
 All the traps work
 Trapping is extremely
effective
 Poison free
 Legal unless you live
in Massachusetts
(banned by voters in 1996)

10. Mole Control Trapping Principles
 Use more than one trap
 Surface Tunnels:
 Set the long tunnels
 Set the new tunnels
 Mounds
 Dig to the tunnel
 Set the new mounds

11. Mole Trapping: Surface
Runs
 Harpoon or Scissor Trap

12. Mole Control Trapping Mounds
 Scissor Trap

13. Mole Trapping Success!!!!

14. MOLES
THEY CAN BE CONTROLLED!!!!!

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