The mole is a small rodent that spends its entire life digging holes in the ground and rarely leaves them. He is active during the day and in the first hours of the night. The mole has a cylindrical body structure and supple, velvety gray fur; it has no tail and its eyes are atrophied.
He has protruding incisors which are mainly used to digging. Moles have long, curved claws which they use to burrow underground. They can quickly create long tunnels under the surface of the earth and the tunnel entrances can easily be identified by the mounds of dirt that appear (normally all over your garden lawn)! These mounds of soil are commonly known as mole hills and they generally betray the location of the mole.
The mole causes extensive damage to agricultural crops and gardens. They should be eradicated immediately after a mound of soil forms or unexplained dehydration of plants takes place.
MOLE CONTROL STRATEGIES:
- Detection is carried out by looking for a hole in the ground that is located near a mound of dirt. After locating the hole place the appropriate toxins which can take the form of granules, powder or gas and put these bags into the hole.
- Following this action re-seal the opened hole.
- In the case of extermination of moles, toxins should not be redistributed over an extensive area for fear of secondary poisoning.